“Aquellos ojos verdes”. Ερμηνεύει ο μοναδικός Αφροκουβανός Ιμπραχίμ Φερέρ.
Aquellos ojos verdes
De mirada serena
Dejaron en mi alma
Eterna sed de amar
Anhelos de caricias
De besos y ternuras
De todas las dulzuras
Que sabias brindar
Aquellos ojos verdes
Serenos como un lago
En cuyas quietas aguas
Un día me mire
No saben las tristezas
Que en mi alma han dejado
Aquellos ojos verdes
Que yo nunca olvidare
Anhelos de caricias…
Que yo nunca olvidare
Those Green Eyes
Those green eyes
With their calm look
Leave in my soul
The eternal thirst of love.
Yearning for caresses,
Kisses and tenderness
Like all of the sweetnesses
To which you knew to drink.
Those green eyes
Calm like a lake
In their quiet waters
One day look at me
They didn’t know the sadness
That were left in my soul
Those green eyes that
I will never forget
Yearning for caresses
That I will never forget
The song, a bolero, was written in 1929 and recorded in Cuba the same year. It was the only major hit, both originally in Cuba and then again in the Latin community in New York for Cuban pianist Nilo Menéndez (Matanzas, 26 September 1902 – Los Angeles, 15 September 1987). The lyrics were supplied by Cuban tenor Adolfo Utrera.