Mambo Kings soundtrack features two songs by Linda Ronstadt

Perfidia

Lyrics as performed by
Linda Ronstadt

from the original motion picture soundtrack
The Mambo Kings (1991)


Perfidia

written by Alberto Dominguez
English lyrics by Milton Leeds

Recorded and mixed by Shawn Murphy 
at Skywalker Ranch, CA


Nadie comprende lo que sufro yo
Tanto que ya no puedo sollozar
Solo temblando de ansiedad estoy
Todos me miran y se van


To you
My heart cries out "Perfidia"
For I find you, the love of my life 
In somebody else's arms

Your eyes are echoing "Perfidia"
Forgetful of the promise of love
You're sharing another's charms

With a sad lament my dreams are faded like a broken melody
While the gods of love look down and laugh 
At what romantic fools we mortals be

And now
I find my love was not for you
And so I take it back with a sigh
Perfidia's won
Goodbye

With a sad lament my dreams are faded like a broken melody
While the gods of love look down and laugh 
At what romantic fools we mortals be

And now
I find my love was not for you
And so I take it back with a sigh
Perfidia's won
Goodbye
Goodbye





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