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Artist: Jorge Luis Borges
Canonical path: /jorge-luis-borges/milonga-de-manuel-flores
Related lyric paths: 6
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Milonga de Manuel Flores
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Milonga de Manuel Flores
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Manuel Flores va a morir,
eso es moneda corriente;
morir es una costumbre
que sabe tener la gente.
Y sin embargo me duele
decirle adiós a la vida,
esa cosa tan de siempre,
tan dulce y tan conocida.
Miro en el alba mis manos,
miro en las manos las venas;
con estrañeza las miro
como si fueran ajenas.
Vendrán los cuatro balazos
y con los cuatro el olvido;
lo dijo el sabio Merlín:
morir es haber nacido.
¡Cuánto cosa en su camino
estos ojos habrán visto!
Quién sabe lo que verán
después que me juzgue Cristo.
Manuel Flores va a morir,
eso es moneda corriente:
morir es una costumbre
que sabe tener la gente.
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Jorge Luis Borges performs "Milonga de Manuel Flores", and this lyric page sits inside the Jorge Luis Borges catalog on LyroVerse.
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