Tango Lyrics in Spanish and English



MAÑANA ZARPA UN BARCO

Tomorrow a boat weighs anchor (1942)
Nena



Juan Carlos Miranda
with the orchestra of Lucio Demare

Roberto Rufino
with the orchestra of Carlos Di Sarli
Music by: Lucio Demare
Lyrics by: Homero Manzi
Translated by: Alberto Paz
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Last update on: 11/19/09

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The recurring theme of the seamen who leave a loved one in each port is masterfully handled by one of the greatest storytelling poets of Argentina. Homero Manzi vividly paints the emotional struggle between the tango fulfilling the need for love on solid ground and the call of the sea that only shares the memories to lie about another port ahead.


Version en castellano English translation
Riberas que no cambian tocamos al anclar.
Cien puertos nos regalan la música del mar.
Muchachas de ojos tristes nos vienen a esperar
y el gusto de las copas parece siempre igual.

Tan solo aquí en tu puerto se alegra el corazón.
Riachuelo donde sangra la voz del bandoneón.
Bailemos hasta el eco del último compás,
mañana zarpa un barco, tal vez no vuelva más.

Qué bien se baila
sobre la tierra firme.
Mañana al alba
tenemos que zarpar.
La noche es larga,
no quiero que estés triste.
Muchacha, vamos,
no sé por qué llorás.

Diré tu nombre
cuando me encuentre lejos.
Tendré un recuerdo
para contarle al mar.
La noche es larga,
no quiero que estés triste.
Muchacha, vamos,
no sé por qué llorás.

Dos meses en un barco viajó mi corazón.
Dos meses añorando la voz del bandoneón.
El tango es puerto amigo donde ancla la ilusión.
Al ritmo de su danza se hamaca la emoción.

De noche, con la luna, soñando sobre el mar
el ritmo de las olas me miente su compás.
Bailemos este tango, no quiero recordar.
Mañana zarpa un barco, tal vez no vuelva más.
Shores that don't change we touch when anchoring.
One hundred ports give us the music of the sea.
Sad eyes girls come to greet us
and the taste of the drinks seems always the same.

So lonely here in your port the heart is glad.
Brook where it bleeds the voice of the bandoneón.
Let's dance 'til the echo of the last beat,
tomorrow a ship weighs anchor, perhaps I'll never return.

How well one dances
on the firm land.
Tomorrow at dawn
we must weigh anchor.
The night is long,
I don't want you to be sad.
Girl, come on,
I don't know why you cry.

I will say your name
when I'm far away.
I will have a memory
to tell the sea.
The night is long,
I don't want you to be sad.
Girl, come on,
I don't know why you cry.

Two months on a boat my heart traveled.
Two months longing for the voice of the bandoneón.
The tango is friendly port where the illusion anchors.
To the rhythm of its dance the emotion swings.

At night, with the moon, dreaming on the sea
the rhythm of the waves lies to me with its beat.
Let's dance this tango, I don't want to remember.
Tomorrow a boat weighs anchor, perhaps I'll never return.


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