Astor Piazzolla — Libertango song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Libertango" by Astor Piazzolla.

Lyrics

Mi libertad me ama y todo el ser le entrego
Mi libertad destranca la cárcel de mis huesos
Mi libertad se ofende si soy feliz con miedo
Mi libertad desnuda me hace el amor perfecto
Mi libertad me insiste con lo que no me atrevo
Mi libertad me quiere con lo que llevo puesto
Mi libertad me absuelve si alguna vez la pierdo
Por cosas de la vida que a comprender no acierto
Mi libertad no cuenta los años que yo tengo
Pastora inclaudicable de mis eternos sueños
Mi libertad me deja y soy un pobre espectro
Mi libertad me llama y en trajes de alas vuelvo
Mi libertad comprende que yo me sienta preso
De los errores míos sin arrepentimiento
Mi libertad quisieran el astro sin asueto
Y el átomo cautivo, ser libre ¡qué misterio!
Ser libre. Ya en su vientre mi madre me decía
«ser libre no se compra ni es dádiva o favor»
Yo vivo del hermoso secreto de esta orgía:
Si polvo fui y al polvo iré, soy polvo de alegría
Y en leche de alma preño mi libertad en flor
De niño la adoré, deseándola crecí
Mi libertad, mujer de tiempo y luz
La quiero hasta el dolor y hasta la soledad
Mi libertad me sueña con mis amados muertos
Mi libertad adora a los que en vida quiero
Mi libertad me dice, de cuando en vez, por dentro
Que somos tan felices como deseamos serlo
Mi libertad conoce al que mató y al cuervo
Que ahoga y atormenta la libertad del bueno
Mi libertad se infarta de hipócritas y necios
Mi libertad trasnocha con santos y bohemios
Mi libertad es tango de par en par abierto
Y es blues y es cueca y choro, danzón y romancero
Mi libertad es tango, juglar de pueblo en pueblo
Y es murga y sinfonía y es coro en blanco y negro
Mi libertad es tango que baila en diez mil puertos
Y es rock, malambo y salmo y es ópera y flamenco
Mi libertango es libre, poeta y callejero
Tan viejo como el mundo, tan simple como un credo
De niño la adoré, deseándola crecí
Mi libertad, mujer de tiempo y luz
La quiero hasta el dolor y hasta la soledad

Lyrics translation

My freedom loves me and the whole being I give you
My freedom unlocks the prison from my bones
My freedom is offended if I'm happy with fear
My naked freedom makes me the perfect love
My freedom insists on what I dare not
My freedom loves me with what I'm wearing
My freedom absolves me if I ever lose it
Because of things in life that I don't understand right
My freedom doesn't count the years I have
Unforgiving Shepherd of my eternal dreams
My freedom leaves me and I'm a poor Wraith
My freedom calls me and in wing suits I come back
My freedom understands that I feel imprisoned
Of my mistakes without repentance
My freedom would like the star without a habit
And the captive atom, to be free what a mystery!
To be free. Already in her womb my mother told me
"to be free is not bought nor is it a gift or a favor»
I live by the beautiful secret of this orgy:
If dust I went and to dust I will go, I am dust of joy
And in soul milk I cherish my freedom in flower
As a child I loved her, wishing her I grew up
My freedom, woman of time and light
I love her to the pain and to the loneliness
My freedom dreams of my beloved dead
My freedom worships those I love in life
My freedom tells me, from time to time, inside
That we are as happy as we wish to be
My freedom knows the one who killed and the Raven
That drowns and torments the freedom of the good
My freedom is full of hypocrites and fools
My freedom trasnocha with Saints and Bohemians
My freedom is open wide tango
And it's blues and it's underwear and crying, dancer and novelist
My freedom is tango, minstrel from town to town
And it's murga and Symphony and it's black and white chorus
My freedom is tango dancing in ten thousand ports
And it's rock, malambo and Psalm and it's opera and flamenco
My libertango is free, poet and streetwalker
As old as the world, as simple as a creed
As a child I loved her, wishing her I grew up
My freedom, woman of time and light
I love her to the pain and to the loneliness