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Artist: Jorge Luis Borges
Canonical path: /jorge-luis-borges/milonga-de-albornoz
Related lyric paths: 6
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Milonga de Albornoz
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Milonga de Albornoz
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Alguien ya contó los días.
Alguien ya sabe la hora.
Alguien para Quien no hay
ni premuras ni demora.
Albornoz pasa silbando
una milonga entrerriana;
bajo el ala del chambergo
sus ojos ven la mañana.
La mañana de este día
del ochocientos noventa;
en el bajo del Retiro
ya le han perdido la cuenta
de amores y de trucadas
hasta el alba y de entreveros
a fierro con los sargentos,
con propios y forasteros.
Se la tienen bien jurada
más de un taura y más de un pillo;
en una esquina del sur
lo está esperando un cuchillo.
No un cuchillo sino tres
antes de clarear el día,
se le vinieron encima
y el hombre se defendía.
Un acero entró en el pecho,
ni se le movió la cara;
Alejo Albornoz murió
como si no le importara.
Pienso que le gustaría
saber que hoy anda su historia
en una milonga. El tiempo
es olvido y es memoria.
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Jorge Luis Borges performs "Milonga de Albornoz", and this lyric page sits inside the Jorge Luis Borges catalog on LyroVerse.
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