José Maria Contursi, I was habitué of "Marabou" was one of the temples of tango Aníbal Troilo which debuted back in 1938. In this redoubt, He witnessed a passionate drama that knew how to use to build the tango lyrics that he named “Like two strangers”. Before time, Pedro Laurenz his friend had given him the composition of a beautiful melody that puts the verses.
The story that he knew in “Marabou” on the romance of a young man and was the basis copera to put lyrics to this topic that although in the beginning was inconsequential, Over the years there was an event in the voice of Floreal Ruiz with accompanying José Basso, and some years ago focus on the actions of the performer Adriana Varela.
Poet Contursi, He recounted that on one occasion the Cabaret "marabou" asked girls to work coperas, Among the many candidates appeared one night a young woman of singular beauty, It coming from the city of Cordoba to seek work in Buenos Aires. Pretty young were his credentials to be immediately taken by the responsible place. While befriends one of the boys, Cordovan like her, and that friendship grew and eventually became boyfriends.
They had sworn to keep working a couple of years in place, raise some money and marry, have children and grow old together. They were two good people, beloved by his fellow night. But one day things changed abruptly. Cabaret became a man accompanied by two other people who without words took the woman by the hair and dragging her attempt to take her. Of course the reaction of all his colleagues was unanimous ...
But the man had a heavy letter to justify his attitude: He pulled his jacket a notebook wedding and it was a very powerful argument to prevent the lead: It was his wife, and he came to rescue her from this den of iniquity ... The truth is that all were munching rage, but that was the situation.
The groom was emotionally destroyed, his companions did not know what to do to comfort, many projects and finally it was over ... time passed, one year, two years, and the wound in the man's heart had not healed, so his comrades believe doing good that encouraged him to go find. After thinking deeply, He took the week of vacation due him, He took a train ticket and went there to rescue his love ...
For comments she had told him in the past, it was not hard to locate the general store where she was attending a suburb of the city of Cordoba. When he entered the bowling, he saw behind the counter serving a customer.
I could not believe what I saw ... Just two years had elapsed so traumatic separation, and over time he worked negatively on the appearance of women. She was slovenly, with eyes clouded and loss and a state of absolute neglect. All his hopes were shattered, her eyes filled with tears and turning around, his face with his hands covered and left with his heartbroken. José Maria Contursi when he heard sobs from the lips of frustrated love this story, built these beautiful verses ...
Like two strangers – Letter
"I chickened enormous loneliness and fear of dying away from you
That desire I had to mourn, feeling with my mockery of reality
And the heart begged me to find you and to give you your love ...
I asked what the heart and then you look believing you my salvation
And now that I'm in front of you you look like you see two strangers ...
Lesson finally learned how things change year
Anguish of knowing life and hope and faith ...
Sorry if you see me crying, memories have made me bad.
He turned pale sunlight, listen coolly to talk
Our love was so different and it hurts check everything, everything is over
What a big mistake to see you, to take shattered heart
Thousand ghosts are returning, mocking my hours of that dead yesterday ... "
The 28 June 1940, Pedro Laurenz recorded it with the voice of singer Juan Carlos Casas. Many years passed , so that this life story told in 3 minutes in the voice of an interpreter or have relevance deserved, among lovers of good tango.
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