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En esta tarde gris · Orquesta Típica Fervor de Buenos Aires · 2006

Music by Mariano Mores, lyrics by José María Contursi. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–2011.
1941: 2 · danced 223 times1957: 1 · danced 0 times1965: 1 · danced 1 times1971: 1 · danced 11 times2006: 1 · danced 0 times2011: 1 · danced 0 times
1941’50’60’70’80’90’002011
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1941: 2, 223; 1957: 1, 0; 1965: 1, 1; 1971: 1, 11; 2006: 1, 0; 2011: 1, 0

  1. Aníbal Troilo’s 1941 version holds 89% of its dancing (210 of 235).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 7 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

  2. Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1941 and 1971.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Credit

Music
Mariano Mores
Lyrics
José María Contursi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 13 more we know of

1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Jul 18
    210 dances
    1941
  2. Aníbal TroiloRoberto Goyeneche · RCA Victor · May 6
    11 dances
    1971
  3. Miguel CalóMarga Fontana · Odeon Colombia
    1 dance
    1965
  4. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdFrancisco Amor · Odeon · May 9
    13 dances
    1941
  5. Orquesta Típica Fervor de Buenos AiresDiego Dimartino
    Not danced on film yet
    2006
  6. Mariano MoresMario Ponce De León · Feb 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  7. Orquesta Típica ImperialNicolás Abosky · Jun 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2011
  8. Mario MauranoNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque1941
  9. Manuel PizarroNot in our catalogueInstrumental1948
  10. Mariano MoresNot in our catalogueMario Ponce De Leon1956
  11. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueSusy Leiva · Oct 11959
  12. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueJulio Sosa · Feb 221963
  13. Rosanna FalascaNot in our catalogue1982
  14. Rosaura SilvestreNot in our catalogue1995
  15. Héctor PachecoNot in our catalogue
  16. Elsa RivasNot in our catalogue
  17. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  18. Valeria LynchNot in our catalogue
  19. Alberto GómezNot in our catalogue
  20. Mario MauranoNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque

Lyrics

Español

¡Qué ganas de llorar en esta tarde gris! En su repiquetear la lluvia habla de ti... Remordimiento de saber que por mi culpa, nunca, vida, nunca te veré. Mis ojos al cerrar te ven igual que ayer, temblando, al implorar de nuevo mi querer... ¡Y hoy es tu voz que vuelve a mí en esta tarde gris! Ven —triste me decías–, que en esta soledad no puede más el alma mía... Ven y apiádate de mi dolor, que estoy cansada de llorarte, sufrir y esperarte y hablar siempre a solas con mi corazón. Ven, pues te quiero tanto, que si no vienes hoy voy a quedar ahogada en llanto... No, no puede ser que viva así, con este amor clavado en mí como una maldición. No supe comprender tu desesperación y alegre me alejé en alas de otro amor... ¡Qué solo y triste me encontré cuando me vi tan lejos y mi engaño comprobé! Mis ojos al cerrar te ven igual que ayer, temblando, al implorar de nuevo mi querer... ¡Y hoy es tu voz que sangra en mí, en esta tarde gris!

English · machine translation

What a desire to cry in this gray afternoon! In its pattering, the rain speaks of you... Remorse of knowing that because of me, I will never life, I'll never see you. My closing eyes see you the same as yesterday, trembling, imploring my love again... And today it is your voice that returns to me on this gray afternoon! Come -you said to me sadly that in this loneliness my soul can no more... Come and take pity on my pain, I am tired of crying for you, suffering and waiting for you and always talking alone with my heart. Come, for I love you so much, that if you don't come today I'm going to be drowned in tears... No, I can't live like this, with this love stuck in me like a curse. I couldn't understand your despair and happily I flew away on the wings of another love... How lonely and sad I found myself when I saw myself so far away and my deception proved! My eyes, closing, see you the same as yesterday, trembling, imploring my love again... And today it is your voice that bleeds in me, in this gray afternoon!

What we don't know yet3 of 5 known

The day it was recorded, the record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

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  1. En esta tarde grisFrancisco Canaro · Francisco Amor1941

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