Humiliation
lyrics by Carlos Bahr

I knew nothing of the love that kneels,
babbling its pleas, tame from conceits.
And this was the way,
with weaknesses that still humiliate me,
that in my delirium,
I came to love you.

Today as I wake up
faced with your half-hearted passion,
in my conscience
that felt too full of harshness,
there springs up out of spite
for this love that degrades me,
the rebellious scream of my humiliation:

I hate this love!
that has humiliated me at your whim,
I hate this love!
that has taught me how to grovel.
Clumsy yearning that has brought me to my knees
under the yoke of your claims,
I hate this love!
that when it broke my will,
debased me, to beg for your warmth.

Orquesta Juan D’Arienzo, singer Hector Mauré

Orquesta Rodolfo Biagi, singer Jorge Ortiz

(Spanish original after the jump)

Humillación

Yo no sabía del amor que se arrodilla,
balbuceando ruegos, manso de altiveces.
Fue de ese modo,
con flaquezas que aún me humillan,
como en mi delirio
te llegué a querer.

Hoy que despierto
frente a tu liviana pasión
en mi conciencia
que sintió de lleno el rigor,
brota a despecho
de este amor que me envilece,
el grito rebelde de mi humillación:

¡Odio este amor!
que me humilló a tus antojos,
¡odio este amor!
que me enseñó a suplicar.
Ansia torpe que me arrodilló
bajo el yugo de tu pretensión,
¡odio este amor!
que al doblegar mi entereza,
me rebajó, a mendigar tu calor.