Para cantarle a mi gente [English translation]

A Milonga1 like this,

to sing to my people,

seeing it so much forgotten

I bring my song closer to them

I give them hope.

A Milonga like this

to sing to my people,

I sing to find it

and if it listens to me

my song is needed.

I seek its voice

to sing

Its singing voice is my singing voice,

I am with it

We are going to travel

its path in the morning

A Milonga like this

to sing to my people

In these very words

patience is gone,

is already finished.

I seek its voice

to sing

Its singing voice is my singing voice,

I am with it

We are going to travel

its path in the morning

A Milonga like this

to sing to my people

In these very words

patience is gone,

is already finished.

From its very self

I learnt

what I will give it

with its singing voice

which is my singing voice

I shall sing in milonga

Milonga like this

to sing to my people

1. An Argentinian and Uruguayan dance which became extremely popular in the late 19th century. Later a slowed down, version of it became the Tango