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Milonga triste · Hugo Diaz · 1972

Hugo Diazsinger unknownmilonga
Music by Sebastián Piana, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1937–2014.

Pinned at 1972 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Hugo Diaz recordings indexed 1972–1975

The song

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6 orchestras recorded it

21 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Sebastián Piana
Words
Homero Manzi
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Llegabas por el sendero delantal y trenzas sueltas. Brillaban tus ojos negros claridad de luna llena. Mis labios te hicieron daño al besar tu boca fresca. Castigo me dio tu mano pero más golpeó tu ausencia. ¡Ay!... Volví por caminos blancos, volví sin poder llegar. Grité con mi grito largo, canté sin saber cantar. Cerraste los ojos negros. Se volvió tu cara blanca. Y llevamos tu silencio al sonar de las campanas. La luna cayó en el agua. El dolor golpeó mi pecho. Con cuerdas de cien guitarras me trencé remordimientos. ¡Ay!... Volví por caminos viejos, volví sin poder llegar. Grité con tu nombre muerto recé sin saber rezar. Tristeza de haber querido tu rubor en un sendero. Tristeza de los caminos que después ya no te vieron. Silencio del camposanto. Soledad de las estrellas. Recuerdos que duelen tanto. Delantal y trenzas negras. ¡Ay!... Volví por caminos muertos volví sin poder llegar. Grité con tu nombre bueno, lloré sin saber llorar.

English · machine translation

You came along the path apron and loose braids. Your black eyes shone full moonlight. My lips hurt you when I kissed your fresh mouth. I was punished by your hand but your absence hit me harder. Ouch... I returned by white roads, I returned without being able to arrive. I shouted with my long cry, I sang without knowing how to sing. You closed your black eyes. Your face turned white. And we carried your silence to the sound of the bells. The moon fell into the water. The pain hit my chest. With strings of a hundred guitars I braided remorse. Alas... I returned by old roads, I returned without being able to arrive. I cried out with your dead name I prayed without knowing how to pray. Sadness of having loved your blush on a path. Sadness of the roads that later no longer saw you. Silence of the cemetery. Loneliness of the stars. Memories that hurt so much. Apron and black braids. Ouch... I returned by dead roads I returned without being able to arrive. I cried with your good name, I cried without knowing how to cry.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 7 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1937 to 2014.
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Milonga triste · Hugo Diaz · 1972 by year, taller the more they are danced · 7 of 7 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 29 more we know of

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  1. Aníbal TroiloMilonga tristeAníbal TroiloAlberto Marino, ChoirmilongaRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1946
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMilonga tristeFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidamilongaOdeon
    No match yet
    1937
  3. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)Milonga tristeColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)singer unknownmilonga
    No match yet
    1994
  4. Hugo DiazMost dancedMilonga tristeHugo Diazsinger unknownmilonga
    21 dances
    1972
  5. Baffa-BerlingieriMilonga tristeBaffa-BerlingieriRoberto Goyenechemilongarca camden
    No match yet
    1968
  6. Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue1929
  7. Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue1934
  8. Alberto GómezNot in our catalogue1936
  9. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogueFeb 191937
  10. Ignacio CorsiniNot in our catalogueJun 191946
  11. Ranko FujisawaNot in our catalogue1953
  12. Orquesta Típica CorrientesNot in our catalogueMichiko Maeda1960
  13. Héctor ArbeloNot in our catalogueJulio Sosa · Jul 241962
  14. Roberto PanseraNot in our catalogueNéstor Fabián · Apr 101964
  15. Color TangoNot in our catalogue2003
  16. Ignacio CorsiniNot in our catalogue
  17. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  18. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue
  19. Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue

One recording

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Hugo Diaz

Milonga tristeHugo Diazsinger unknownmilonga

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 20 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1972 · danced on film 2009–2026

20092026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 1, 2011: 2, 2012: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 2, 2018: 2, 2019: 2, 2020: 1, 2024: 1, 2026: 2

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  1. Milonga tristeFrancisco CanaroRoberto Maida

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