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Soñar y nada mas · Miguel Caló · 1965

Music by Francisco Canaro, lyrics by Ivo Pelay. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1965.
1943: 2 · danced 18 times1944: 1 · danced 85 times1965: 1 · danced 0 times
1943’50’601965
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1943: 2, 18; 1944: 1, 85; 1965: 1, 0

  1. Alfredo De Angelis’s 1944 version holds 82% of its dancing (85 of 103).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 4 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

Credit

Music
Francisco Canaro
Lyrics
Ivo Pelay

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 6 more we know of

1940’50’60

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloFrancisco Fiorentino, Alberto Marino · RCA Victor · Aug 4
    6 dances
    1943
  2. Miguel CalóRoberto Luque · Odeon Colombia
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  3. Alfredo De AngelisMost dancedCarlos Dante, Julio Martel · Odeon · Aug 29
    85 dances
    1944
  4. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCarlos Roldán, Eduardo Adrian · Odeon · May 5
    12 dances
    1943
  5. Mario MauranoNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · Aug 111943
  6. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueTania · Dec 221943
  7. Miguel CalóNot in our catalogueRaúl Ledesma1966
  8. -unspecified male-, -unspecified male-Not in our catalogue
  9. Quinteto PirinchoNot in our catalogue
  10. Muzet RoyalNot in our catalogueCaio Rodríguez

Lyrics

Español

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.

English · machine translation

Don't wake up if you dream of love, beautiful girl, to love is to dream... To wake up is to break illusions and to find, among shadows, the bitter truth. Do not wake up if you live dreaming and in your mind there are torrents of sunshine; if in your dreams sighs light up that surround you and silence your voice. To dream and nothing more, with worlds of illusion... To dream and nothing more, with a rapturous love... To dream that he is yours and lives for you!... To dream, always to dream that they say that, in love, it is sad to wake up. To dream and nothing more, with nights of stillness, that, mysterious, go, singing love and bliss. To fly to the stars of divine radiance and, in that eternity, to live an ideal... To dream and nothing more!.... Don't wake up if you dream of desires, for to dream is undoubtedly to live... As long as your soul glimpses tenderness, you will see, beautiful girl, that the world is happy. To wake up is to kill hopes and to face the cruel reality... That's why I want you to dream, that dreaming you will never cry.

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The day it was recorded.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Soñar y nada masFrancisco Canaro · Carlos Roldán, Eduardo Adrian1943

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