Cascabelito
José Bohr, Juan Andrés Caruso, 1924
Little Jingle Bell
Translation Jordana del Feld
We come together at our rendezvous
full of gay mad joy
Me and that mysterious little masked thing
from that gay mad Carnival.
Where are you, Little Jingle Bell?
Spritely little masked thing,
so fetching and so flirty
with your twinkly little laugh.
Oh Bell, Little Jingle Bell,
laugh, laugh and never cry
for your soft young laugh
wafts the perfume of your love.
Oh Bell, Little Jingle Bell,
laugh, laugh and never fret
for even though I can't be with you
I've got you right here in my heart.
Mysterious little masked thing,
you gripped my soul in suspense
you offered me for my reward
your pink-petalled mouth.
And when we have to say good-bye
full of spellbound sweet delight,
the deafening whisper of our kiss
silences your little jingle bell.
Cascabelito. Osvaldo Pugliese y Jorge Maciel.
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