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La vi llegar · Alberto Morán · 1955

Alberto MoránAlberto Morantango
Music by Enrique Francini, lyrics by Julian Centeya. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1964.

Who recorded it

Every version5

Earliest we hold: Miguel Caló, 1944

  1. Aníbal TroiloAlberto Marino1944
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseJorge Maciel1961
  3. Miguel CalóRaúl Iriarte1944
  4. Enrique RodríguezArmando Moreno1944
  5. José BassoHéctor de Rosas1964

Pinned at 1955 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Alberto Morán recordings indexed 1954–1970

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

5 orchestras recorded it

129 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Enrique Francini
Words
Julian Centeya
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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La vi llegar... ¡Caricia de su mano breve! La vi llegar... ¡Alondra que azotó la nieve! Tu amor -pude decirle- se funde en el misterio de un tango acariciante que gime por los dos. Y el bandoneón -¡rezongo amargo en el olvido!- lloró su voz, que se quebró en la densa bruma. Y en la desesperanza, tan cruel como ninguna, la vi partir sin la palabra del adiós. Era mi mundo de ilusión... Lo supo el corazón, que aún recuerda siempre su extravío?. Era mi mundo de ilusión y se perdió de mí, sumándome en la sombra del dolor. Hay un fantasma en la noche interminable. Hay un fantasma que ronda en mi silencio. Es el recuerdo de su voz, latir de su canción, la noche de su olvido y su rencor. La vi llegar... ¡Murmullo de su paso leve! La vi llegar... ¡Aurora que borró la nieve! Perdido en la tiniebla, mi paso vacilante la busca en mi terrible carnino de dolor. Y el bandoneón dice su nombre en su gemido, con esa voz que la llamó desde el olvido. Y en este desencanto brutal que me condena la vi partir, sin la palabra del adiós...

English · machine translation

I saw her arrive... Caress of her brief hand! I saw her coming... Lark that whipped the snow! Your love -I was able to tell her- melts in the mystery of a caressing tango that moans for both of us. And the bandoneon -bitter rhyme in oblivion! cried his voice, which broke in the dense mist. And in despair, as cruel as no other, I saw her depart without the word of farewell. It was my world of illusion... The heart knew it, that still always remembers her loss.... It was my world of illusion and it was lost from me, adding me to the shadow of pain. There is a ghost in the endless night. There is a ghost that haunts my silence. It is the memory of her voice, the beat of her song, the night of her oblivion and her rancor. I saw her coming... Murmur of her light step! I saw her coming... Aurora that erased the snow! Lost in the darkness, my faltering footsteps seeks her in my terrible ram of pain. And the bandoneon calls her name in its moan, with that voice that called her from oblivion. And in this brutal disenchantment that condemns me I saw her leave, without the word of goodbye...

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 5 orchestras, 1944 to 1964.
1940’50’60
Recordings of La vi llegar · Alberto Morán · 1955 by year, taller the more they are danced · 5 of 5 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 5 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1961, with 63% of the 129 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

13 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedLa vi llegarOsvaldo PuglieseJorge MacieltangoPhilips
    81 dances · 63%
    1961
  2. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdLa vi llegarMiguel CalóRaúl IriartetangoOdeon
    37 dances · 29%
    1944
  3. Aníbal TroiloLa vi llegarAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor
    10 dances · 8%
    1944
  4. Enrique RodríguezLa vi llegarEnrique RodríguezArmando MorenotangoOdeon
    1 dance · <1%
    1944
  5. José BassoLa vi llegarJosé BassoHéctor de RosastangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1964
  6. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · May 71970
  7. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueAlberto Podestá1973
  8. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
  9. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueJorge Valdez
  10. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche

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  1. La vi llegarMiguel CalóRaúl Iriarte

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