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Canción para breve final

Canción para breve final is a Tango written by Armando Pontier and recorded by Francini-Pontier in 1948. The Tango Canción para breve final is written by Armando Pontier, Francini-Pontier has recorded Canción para breve final with the singer Roberto Rufino.
“Canción para breve final,” or “Song for a Brief Ending,” weaves emotion with each note, capturing the essence of fleeting moments. This evocative piece, possibly a Tango, dances between melancholy and acceptance, tenderly embracing the beauty in impermanence. It reminds us that even the shortest endings can hold profound, lasting echoes within our hearts.

Tango

Style

Francini-Pontier

Orchestra

Roberto Rufino

Singer

Homero Expósito

Author

Armando Pontier

Composer

1948/2/4

Date

Roberto Rufino
Roberto Rufino
Francini-Pontier
Francini-Pontier

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Lyrics Translation of the Tango Canción para breve final

This is the translation of the Tango “Canción para breve final” from Spanish to English. The English lyrics of the Tango “Canción para breve final” have been done with AI.

Letra del Tango Canción para breve final

¡Mátame!, Si es preciso que muera.

¡Mátame!, Moriré de una vez,

Más grave es este paso de vidrio por las venas

Más duele que el zarpazo, la risa de la hiena.

¡Basta!, ¡Mátame!, Si apuras el final

Se muere de una vez, luego, nada más.



Cuando me besas, sabes, se me alegra el día,

Cuando me besas, vuelvo a consentirte mía,

Mía, siempre mía y siempre en vano

Como el fuego en una chispa,

Mía, siempre mía hasta el arcano

De tu mano, que se crispa después.



El golpe de revés, mi orgullo entre tus pies

Y el tiempo del más fuerte,

Que es ahogarme y comprender

Que vivo para toda muerte.

Porque me besas, sabes, cuanto más preciso

Y yo preciso más, cuando te beso más.



¡Para qué!, Si yo sé que es inútil.

¡Para qué!, No acabar de una vez,

Más hondo me castiga, tu no que un sí sencillo,

Molesta más la ortiga, que el filo del cuchillo.

¡Basta!, ¡Mátame!, Si apuras el final

Se muere de una vez, luego, nada más.

English lyrics of the Tango "Canción para breve final"

Kill me! If it’s necessary that I die.

Kill me! I’d die at once,

More severe is this glass shard moving through my veins

It hurts more than the claw strike, the hyena’s laugh.

Enough! Kill me! If you hasten the end

One dies once, then nothing more.



When you kiss me, you know, my day brightens,

When you kiss me, I once again claim you as mine,

Mine, always mine and always in vain

Like fire in a spark,

Mine, always mine until the secret

Of your hand, which clenches afterward.



The backhanded blow, my pride beneath your feet

And the time of the strongest,

Which is to drown and understand

That I live for every kind of death.

Because you kiss me, you know, how much I need it

And I need more, the more I kiss you.



What for! If I know it’s useless.

What for! Why not end it all at once,

Your no hurts me deeper than a simple yes,

The nettle annoys more than the knife’s edge.

Enough! Kill me! If you hasten the end

One dies once, then nothing more.

Canción para breve final by Homero Expósito

Canción para breve final is a Tango written by Homero Expósito and composed by Armando Pontier.



Story behind the Tango Canción para breve final

“Canción para breve final” explores themes of love, pain, and resignation. The lyrics portray deep emotional turmoil and the distress of an unending, painful relationship. Through dramatic requests, such as “¡Mátame!” (Kill me!), the speaker begs for an end to their suffering, suggesting that even death would be merciful compared to ongoing emotional agony. The recurrence of these pleas highlights the cyclical and inevitable pain in romantic attachments. Additionally, the contrast between the deadly imagery and moments of tender intimacy when recalling kisses underscores the complexity and dual nature of their love.



Symbolism of Canción para breve final

Expósito uses potent symbols and language to convey despair and futility. Phrases like “este paso de vidrio por las venas” (this glass step through the veins) evoke the sharp, cutting pain of love’s disillusionment. Comparing laughter to a hyena’s emphasizes cruelty within intimacy. Furthermore, the image of “el fuego en una chispa” (the fire in a spark) captures the fleeting but intense nature of passion, illuminating how quickly love can flare and extinguish, leaving darkness in its wake. The final lines of each chorus, “Se muere de una vez, luego, nada más,” suggest that death, or the end of the relationship, provides a singular relief, followed by emptiness.



Canción para breve final in historic Context

Created in Argentina in 1948, shortly after WWII, “Canción para breve final” mirrors the general atmosphere of exhaustion and rebuilding prevalent at the time. Post-war societies were grappling with loss and the need to reconstruct not only cities but also lives and relationships. The repeated invocation for a quick end in the lyrics may resonate with a societal desire to swiftly conclude the hardships of the past and find peace. The turbulent emotional landscape of the tango could also reflect the intense, often grim political and social climate of Argentina in this era, oscillating between hope and despair.



Homero Expósito

Homero Expósito was a prominent Argentine lyricist and poet, known for his influential role in the tango genre.