Alfredo Zitarrosa — Milonga para una niña song lyrics and translation
The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Milonga para una niña" by Alfredo Zitarrosa.
Lyrics
El que ha vivido penando
Por causa de un mal amor
No encuentra nada mejor
Que cantar y e ir pensando
Y si anduvo calculando
Qué culpa pudo tener
Cuando ve que la mujer
No conoce obligaciones
Se consuela con canciones
Y se olvida de querer
Por eso niña te pido
Que no me guardes rencor
Yo no puedo darte amor
Ni vos podés darme olvido
Yo sé que en cualquier descuido
Me iba a volear contra el suelo
Y aunque me ofrezcas consuelo
Yo no puedo aceptar;
Puedo enseñarte a volar
Pero no seguirte el vuelo
Yo no te puedo entregar
Un corazón apagado;
Cuando falla el del costado
No hay nada que conversar
Hay una forma de amar
Que es un modo de conciencia;
Hay un amor que es paciencia
Y otro que es sólo aromar
¿Cuál amor te podría dar
Quien amara tu inocencia?
Cuando te vuelva a encontrar
Nos podremos sonreír;
Prefiero verte partir
Como te he visto llegar
Cuando vuelvas a pensar
Que una vez te conocí
Y que nomás porque sí
Te compuse una canción
Cantará en tu corazón
Lo poquito que te dí
Lyrics translation
The one who has lived in pain
Because of a bad love
You can't find anything better
To sing and and go thinking
And if you've been calculating
What fault could it have been
When he sees that woman
He knows no obligations
It is comforted with songs
And he forgets to want
That's why I'm asking you, child.
Don't hold a grudge against me.
I can't give you love
Nor can you forget me
I know that in any oversight
I was going to fly against the ground
And even if you offer me comfort
I can't accept;
I can teach you how to fly
But don't follow your flight
I can't give you up.
A dull heart;
When the side fails
There's nothing to talk about
There's a way to love
Which is a mode of consciousness;
There is a love that is patience
And another that is only aromar
What love could I give you
Who will love your innocence?
When I find you again
We can smile;
I'd rather see you leave
As I've seen you come
When you think again
That I once knew you
And that just because
I wrote You a song.
Will sing in your heart
How little I gave you