La milonga de Buenos Aires [English translation]

To your majestic sound

I saw you pass today

through my great city

and in you I discovered

the exact copy

of one that I had forgotten,

and that, like you,

porteña she was…

You are the flower of Buenos Aires,

the beautiful little porteña,

worthy successor of the beautiful one

who used to stride majestically

through that great village [1]

of colonial windows

and Federalist troops on patrol. [2]

You are the flower of Buenos Aires

the little idolized porteña

faithful copy of that iconic image

that has been gone a long time.

• Artist:Francisco Canaro