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Artist: Alfredo Zitarrosa
Canonical path: /alfredo-zitarrosa/menina
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Menina
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Menina
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(Milonga)
Menina dos olhos verdes
me da mate pra beber,
não é sede, não é nada,
é vontade de te ver.
Afuera la resolana,
un grillo y su cascabel,
el algarrobal armado,
yo sólo desensillé.
Campos grises de marcela
con su tala y su esquivez,
todo temblaba en el aire
como de fiebre o de sed.
Pasó la sombra de un cuervo
y casi me santigüé;
vi la casa, su arboleda,
me orienté.
Afuera la resolana
y el rezongo de un lebrel;
ella me miró de frente
como preguntándome.
Puso un canto de roldana,
una tinaja en la piel,
cuiá de plata labrada,
un aroma de clavel.
Era ya de tardecita
cuando ensillé.
Me fui lejos de esas casas,
me fui pero me quedé.
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