Caminito (song)
Caminito is a tango song written and composed by Gabino Coria Peñaloza and Juan de Dios Filiberto, respectively.[1]
Widely known and readily identifiable throughout Argentina and neighboring Uruguay, the lyrics are in themselves a classically-structured poem with strophes made up of two verses and one refrain:
- Caminito que el tiempo ha borrado,
- que juntos un día nos viste pasar,
- he venido por última vez
- he venido a contarte mi mal.
- Caminito que entonces estabas
- bordado de trébol y juncos en flor,
- una sombra ya pronto serás
- una sombra lo mismo que yo.
- refrain:
- Desde que se fue triste vivo yo,
- caminito amigo yo también me voy.
- Desde que se fue nunca más volvió,
- seguiré sus pasos, caminito, adiós.[2]
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- Little path the years swept away
- you saw us together go by
- I've come to you one last time
- I've come to tell you and cry.
- Little path once you were covered
- covered in clover and bloom
- you will soon be only a shadow
- a shadow as I will be too.
- refrain:
- Since she went away I live in pain
- little path, my friend, I'll go away as well -
- She went away and will never return
- I shall trace her footsteps, little path, farewell.
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