Jorge Luis Borges — Milonga de Albornoz song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Milonga de Albornoz" by Jorge Luis Borges.

Lyrics

Alguien ya contó los días
Alguien ya sabe la hora
Alguien para quien no hay
Ni premuras ni demora
Albornoz pasa silbando
Una milonga entrerriana;
Bajo el ala del chambergo
Sus ojos ven la mañana
La mañana de este día
Del ochocientos noventa;
En el bajo del retiro
Ya le han perdido la cuenta
De amores y de trucadas
Hasta el alba y de entreveros
A fierro con los sargentos
Con propios y forasteros
Se la tienen bien jurada
Más de un taura y más de un pillo;
En una esquina del sur
Lo está esperando un cuchillo
No un cuchillo sino tres
Antes de clarear el día
Se le vinieron encima
Y el hombre se defendía
Un acero entró en el pecho
Ni se le movió la cara;
Alejo albornoz murió
Como si no le importara
Pienso que le gustaría
Saber que hoy anda su historia
En una milonga. el tiempo
Es olvido y es memoria

Lyrics translation

Someone already counted the days
Someone already knows the time
Someone for whom there is no
Neither haste nor delay
Bathrobe passes whistling
An entrerrian milonga;
Under the wing of the chambergo
His eyes see the morning
The morning of this day
Of the eight hundred and ninety;
On the retreat bass
You've already lost count
Of loves and tricks
Till Dawn and Twinkle
To fierro with the sergeants
With own and outsiders
They got it right.
More than one taura and more than one pillo;
In a southern corner
A knife is waiting for him
Not a knife but three
Before brightening the day
They came all over him.
And the man defended himself
A steel entered the chest
He didn't even move his face.;
Alejo bathrobe died
Like he doesn't care
I think you'd like to
Know that today is your story
In a milonga. time
It's oblivion and it's memory