Tango Lyrics

Singable translations of tango lyrics by Jake Spatz

Librotango Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 are now available in print!

Jake’s translations were broadcast weekly (2020-2022) on the program “Bienvenidos al tango” on WOWD-LP Takoma Radio. He will resume translating songs regularly later in 2023.

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Samuel Linnig

Milonguita

Milonguita

September 23, 2020

If tango lyrics collectively comprise a kind of epic soap opera, then that poem’s opening chapter centers on the 1920 tango “Milonguita.”