With milonga I'm going as equal to equal1
because I'm also milonga2
I come from a plain absolute lovely neighborhood
and I'm beaten up to the sound of a bandoneon.3
when the himbos were having a fight
now and then the pimpiest remained chief
And he was strutting with a superior air
and making backward rolls for fun
and flattery was our heavy industry,
flamboyant and overacted.
With milonga I'm going as equal to equal
We're from the same slum
Let's go surmount the hill
that's coming up in the evening
decking out to party;
Let's go 'cause bandoneons are cooing
and to the beat of a tango
memories are raining down on us
I see Don Juan and El Cachafáz passing
and El Entrerriano riding his steed,
with the argentinian La Morocha
and scatterbrain Ivette... 4
With milonga I'm going as equal to equal
I'm a true Buenosairean
I bloomed in a tenement of San Telmo 5
among perfumes of roses and jasmine
and there were no white nights for me
'cause no one would set me on fire with a seranade.
I can't complain I haven't had pretenders
-from the pimpiest to the sharpest dressed man-
and dancing was the same be it in a hall
or at the backyard's patio...
With milonga I'm going as equal to equal
We're from the same slum
Let's go surmount the hill
that's coming up in the evening
decking out to party;
Let's go 'cause bandoneons are cooing
and to the beat of a tango
memories are raining down on us
I see Don Juan and El Cachafáz passing
and El Entrerriano riding his steed,
with the argentinian La Morocha
and scatterbrain Ivette...
With milonga I'm going as equal to equal
I'm a true Buenosairean
1. De igual a igual is a tango2. Milonga is tango genre, a tango party, a tango club, but here it means a trampy woman hanging out in milongas usually called milonguita, possibly a working girl. So from what I understand she's saying that she's working as a dancer for some people organising milongas (something like rave party organisers)3. Accordion-like instrument used in argentinian tango4. Don Juan, El Cachafáz, El Entrerriano, La Morocha and Ivette are tangos5. The oldest neighborhood of Buenos Aires with many immigrants