La cumparsita [Questo tango] [English translation]

This tango always plays in my head;

it never ceases to haunt me

and I know I’ll never be able to stop it,

because I have it in my heart.

This tango always plays in my head

and I will always listen to it –

always, wherever I go,

even if I don’t want to –

because it speaks about us.

You do know...

that I think of you

and I see you again

when I hear this tango,

the tango I used to dance,

happy, together with you.

Every time I hear it,

I think again about our love.

Now that you’re no longer here

and I know you will not return,

this tango will keep you

bound to me.

I know that you too,

when you hear this tango,

you cannot forget the days

spent together with me!