Adiós juventud [English translation]

Goodbye youth

I can't hide my white hair

goodbye, youth, to the desires

to come out again

With marcha camion1

With grappa and lemon2

I have a verse left to say

before leaving...

(Goodbye heart)

Goodbye carnival

(Goodbye Barrio Sur)3

Time doesn't pass by in vain

Goodbye Barrio Sur the hand

of many was cruel

They weren't convinced

by the borocotó 4

they see a new graveyard

good for them

Goodbye Cuareim 5

Goodbye to the slope6

(Goodbye heart)

The body no longer answers

goodbye youth, where

will I go if you're not there

I look like a Pierrot

that remained sad

with the memory of a disguise

that has no more use

Goodbye Marabú

Goodbye carnival

(Goodbye youth)

I promise to return fully

goodbye carnival, I hope

to go over you again

To sing to the harshness

a new cuplé

until the sound of the drum

marks another ending

Goodbye carnival

Look like a lie the things I see

On the Montevideo streets...

1. Typical drum beat of the murga2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grappa3. A neighbourhood in Montevideo4. An onomatopeia for the drum line of the candombe5. A street in the Barrio Sur.6. Generally refering to the stadium galleries

• Artist:Jaime Roos
• Album:Siempre son las cuatro (1982)