El día que me quieras – with Gabriele Sassetti and Sara Casotti
Argentine duo “Di Tango Y Otras Yerbas” formed by German Leuizamon and Inti Lihué play their version of a famous and beautiful Tango song composed by Carlos Gardel (music) and Alfredo Le Pera (lyrics): “El día que me quieras”.
To the tunes of this timeless song Gabriele Sassetti and Sara Casotti dance.
Shot in a few hours of pure improvisation, during a rainy autumn day, this video is a simple tribute to Argentine Tango which is music, dancing and poetry and which has crossed the time to reach us, more alive than ever.
Some more info on this beautiful Tango.
It was recorded for the first time in New York on March 19th, 1934 for RCA label: it was the A side of a 78 rpm and was the main theme of the homonymous John Reinhardt’s movie starring Gardel together with the actress and dancer Rosita Moreno.
“El día que me quieras” ‘s lyrics by Le Pera are a reworking of Amando Nervo’s poem included in the book El arquero divino (1919).
Here they are, in the original language and also translated in english.
EL DIA QUE ME QUIERAS
ORIGINAL LYRICS
El suave murmullo de tu suspirar
Como ríe la vida
Si tus ojos negros me quieren mirar
Y si es mío el amparo
De tu risa leve que es como un cantar
Ella aquieta mi herida
Todo, todo se olvida
La rosa que engalana
Se vestirá de fiesta
Con su mejor color
Y al viento las campanas
Dirán que ya eres mía
Y locas las fontanas
Desde el azul del cielo
Las estrellas celosas
Nos mirarán pasar
Hará nido en tu pelo
Que verá que eres mi consuelo
No habrá más que armonías
Será clara la aurora
Y alegre el manantial
Traerá quieta la brisa
Rumor de melodías
Y nos darán las fuentes
El día que me quieras
Endulzará sus cuerdas
El pájaro cantor
Florecerá la vida
No existirá el dolor
Desde el azul del cielo
Las estrellas celosas
Nos mirarán pasar
Y un rayo misterioso
Hará nido en tu pelo
Luciérnaga curiosa
Que verá que eres mi consuelo
THE DAY YOU WILL LOVE ME
ENGLISH VERSION