Tango

"Tango" is a song from Ryuichi Sakamoto's CD "Smoochy" on which Soraya guested her vocals. The Version Castellano with Soraya's vocals is only featured on the international release of the album, though.

Many thanks to Santiago Escudero, who not only provided the original Spanish lyrics but also the English translations for all non-Spanish speakers...


COMO ESE SOL QUE VA LATIENDO SIN DESCANSO, GRITO
COMO ESE CAMINO DEL DESIERTO SECO Y FRÍO, SIENTO
Like that sun that keeps on beating unrestlessly, I screamed
Like that dry and cold desert road, I feel

CON ESTA FORMA APASIONADA Y CASI LOCA BUSCO
Y ESTE MOMENTO DECISIVO Y SIN BARRERAS
With this passionate and almost insane manner I'm searching for
and this conclusive moment with no barriers

Y ME ATORMENTO POR TU PRESENCIA AL RIGOR DEL VACIO
TENER EL MUNDO ENTRE TUS MANOS Y PERDERLO
And I'm overwhelmed myself by your prescence 
next to the harshness of emptiness
keeping the world between your hands and loosing it

ES COMO UN TANGO BIEN BAILADO ALLA EN EL CIELO
Y PARA TI ES SOLO LA MUECA DE OTRO AMOR FUGAZ
It's like a Tango well-danced up there in heaven
but for you it's just the grimace of a runaway love

UN VIAJE IRREAL, LA VIDA SIN TI, NO SÉ, PORQUÉ
SABIENDO QUE TE PIERDO NO ENCUENTRO CONSUELO
DE VIVIR SIN ESPERAR
An unreal journey, life without you, don't know why
knowing I'm lossing you I can't find relief to live
with no waiting.

Y MI MIRADA VA PERDIDA EN LA PARED SIN NOMBRE
Y ES UNA LINEA IMAGINARIA A TU FIGURA
And my look rolls lost in a no-name wall
And it's an imaginary line to your body

HAY UN ERRÁTICO RECUERDO QUE INVADE MI CUERPO
SE ABRE CON PASIÓN DE ROSA ROJA AL SOL.
There's a wandering memory invading my body
It opens out with the passion of a red rose to the sun

EN ESTE VIAJE SIN FINAL
In this neverending trip

GUARDO COLORES LO MAS GUSTADOS SOBRE MI CUERPO
AUNQUE DOLOR Y NAVEGO EN ESTE RÍO MIO
I keep the most wanted colours all over my body
even pain and sail on this river of mine

CON VELAS DE TERNURA DONDE TU PRESENCIA
FUR HUNDIDO EN BARCOS DE PAPEL
with tenderness sails where your prescence
was drowned on paper boats

Y MI MIRADA VA PERDIDA EN LA PARED SIN NOMBRE
Y ES UNA LINEA IMAGINARIA A TU FIGURA
And my look rolls lost in a no-name wall
And it's an imaginary line to your body

HAY UN ERRÁTICO RECUERDO QUE INVADE MI CUERPO
SE ABRE CON PASIÓN DE ROSA ROJA AL SOL.
There's a wandering memory invading my body
It opens out with the passion of a red rose to the sun

RECUERDOS DE AYER, HERMOSOS AL FIN,
TU VOZ NO ESTA Y ME ALUCINA EL ECO
Yesterday memories, beautiful at last
Your voice not here and get hallucinated by echo

JUNTO A TU FIGURA QUE DIVIDE LA PARED
DESTELLOS DE OTRO AMANECER.
next to your shadow dividing the wall
flashes of another day-break.


EL SUEÑO SE FUE, POSTALES DE AMOR NO SE, PORQUÉ
SABIENDO QUE TE PIERDO NO ENCUENTRO CONSUELO
DE VIVIR SIN ESPERAR
Dream is over, love postcards, don't know why
knowing I'm lossing you I can't find relief to live
with no waiting.