A las siete en el café · Miguel Caló · 1943

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Te extraña verme así como he llegado tan temprano y descuidado en el modo de vestir. No creas que he venido contrariado a buscar algo olvidado y después vuelvo a salir. Hermano, vos que sos mi compañero un amigo verdadero que sabés de mi vivir. Te ruego, que me escuches un momento quiero hablarte del encuentro que me vuelve a hacer feliz. Ayer por la tarde, al llegar a la cortada, oí que me hablaban y al mirar quién era vi a la piba Margarita la que fue mi amor primero y que yo por milonguero un mal día la perdí. Te juro que nunca me sentí tan apocado, estaba atontado sin saber lo que decir. Pero pronto comprendiendo que vivía equivocado prometí volver al lado, de su amor hasta morir.

English · machine translation

Do you miss seeing me like this as I have arrived so early and careless in the way I dress. Don't think that I've come disgruntled to look for something forgotten and then go out again. Brother, you who are my companion a true friend who knows my life. I beg you that you listen to me for a moment I want to talk to you about the encounter that makes me happy again. Yesterday afternoon, when I arrived at the cut, I heard someone talking to me and when I looked to see who it was I saw the girl Margarita the one who was my first love and that I, because I was a milonguero one bad day I lost her. I swear that I never I never felt so embarrassed, I was stunned not knowing what to say. But soon realizing that I was living wrong I promised to return to the side of his love until I died.