STORY TANGO (Soñar Y Nada Más - To Dream And Nothing Else)

With support of the Kitchen Theater, Shangri-La and the Ithaca Tangueros present a unique Story Tango performance in three acts on Tuesday 29 May, 2007. Event proceeds will go to purchase a popular iron pony sculpture on The Commons and future Ithaca arts events.

Story Tango (Soñar Y Nada Más - To Dream And Nothing Else) is a woman's dream on the eve of her marriage to a man she does not love, but he makes her happy enough to forget problems and also herself. To dream nothing else she may find herself. This simple but eternal tale is of a country girl, seduced and betrayed by the world. Tangos tell her story on her nuptial eve.

PERFORMANCE at the Kitchen Theater, 7 PM, Tuesday 29 May, 2007.

Soñar Y Nada Más - To Dream and Nothing Else Original words by Ivo Pelay, English translation by Sheldon Gosline

No despiertes si sueñas amores,
niña hermosa, que amar es soñar...
Despertar es quebrar ilusiones
y hallar, entre sombras, la amarga verdad.
No despiertes si vives soñando
y en tu mente hay torrentes de sol;
si en tus sueños se encienden suspiros
que te cercan y acallan tu voz.

Soñar y nada más,
con mundos de ilusión...
Soñar y nada más,
con un querer arrobador...
¡Soñar que tuyo es él
y vive para ti!...
Soñar, siempre soñar
que dicen que, en amor,
es triste despertar.

Soñar y nada más,
con noches de quietud,
que, misteriosas, van,
cantando amor y beatitud.
Volar a las estrellas
de divinos resplandores
y, en esa eternidad,
vivir un ideal...
¡Soñar y nada más!...

No despiertes si sueñas quereres,
que sin duda soñar es vivir...
Mientras tu alma vislumbre ternuras,
verás, niña hermosa, que el mundo es feliz.

Despertar es matar esperanzas
y enfrentar a la cruel realidad...
Es por eso que quiero que sueñes,
que soñando jamás llorarás.


Who can wake up when dreaming of love,
beauteous girl, for whom love is to dream…
To wake up is to shatter sweet illusions
and find in dark shades, a bitter truth.

How can you awake if you live in dreams
and into your mind beam sunlight cascade;
if in your dreams your sighs ignite in flames
that surround and silence your own cries.

To do nothing but dream
into realms of illusion…
To dream and nothing else
but an entrancing love…
In reverie know that he is yours
and lives for you alone! …
To dream, always to dream
for they say that, in love,
it is truly sad to awake.

In reverie and nothing else,
nights serenely flow,
mysteriously pass,
singing of blissful love.
Soar to resplendent stars
casting divine brilliance
and, in that eternity,
survives but one aim…
To do nothing but dream! …

Do not awake when love inspires dreams,
for no doubt dreaming thus is to live…
As your soul glimpses lovely honors,
behold, tender girl, this world's delights.

To wake up is to murder all hopes
and to face cruel realities…
This is why I want you to dream,
for in reverie you will never cry.


PARTICIPANTS

Shangri-La Gifts
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The Ticket Center
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Juna's Cafe