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Alguien · Enrique Francini · 1956

Music by Héctor Stamponi. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1956–1956.

Alguien · Enrique Francini · 1956 was sung by Alberto Podestá.†

Credit

Music
Héctor Stamponi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

1950

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

  1. Rodolfo BiagiMost dancedHugo Duval · Odeon · Mar 24
    28 dances
    1956
  2. Enrique FranciniEarliest we holdAlberto Podestá · RCA Victor · Jan 19
    16 dances
    1956

Lyrics

Español

¿De sal?... ¿de miel?... ¿de qué? mi boca se impregnó, tentada por tus besos. ¿De sal?... ¿de miel?... ¡no sé!, lo nuestro se quebró, ¡fetiche, al fin, de yeso! Duele pensar que Dios nos llamará, que el tiempo se nos va... ¡cortón, igual que un rezo! ¡Amar... sufrir... rodar; no hallar el buen amor y hastiarse de esperar! La calle me dio tu vida, ¡pasabas sola y herida!... ¡No sé por qué te amé... no sé por qué!; acaso, porque en alguien busqué encontrarme... ¡En alguien... que me quisiera! ¡En alguien... que me creyera! ¡Hubo una esquina, tú pasabas con tu mal; te quise y fue mi amor... fatal! Ya ves, recién... tú y yo rasgamos ese tul tan triste como vano. Ya ves, recién voló la mariposa azul del sueño más cercano. Fue torpe y cruel la juventud tirar, y en el ocaso ya, buscar dos blancas manos. ¡Vivir... soñar... sentir el barro a nuestros pies, y en él los pies hundir!

English · machine translation

Of salt... of honey... of what? my mouth was impregnated, tempted by your kisses. Salt? Honey? I don't know! our thing broke, a plaster cast at last! It hurts to think that God will call us, that time is running out... Short, just like a prayer! To love... to suffer... to roll away; not finding good love and get tired of waiting! The street gave me your life, you were alone and wounded!... I don't know why I loved you, I don't know why! perhaps because I sought to find myself in someone... In someone... who loved me! In someone... who believed me! There was a corner, you were passing by with your evil; I loved you and it was my love... fatal! You see, just now... you and I tore that tulle as sad as vain. You see, just now flew the blue butterfly of the nearest dream. It was clumsy and cruel youth to throw away, and in the sunset already, to look for two white hands. To live... to dream... to feel... to feel the mud at our feet, and in it sink our feet!

Danced to it

Music from 1956 · danced on film 2019–2025

20192025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2019: 5, 2020: 1, 2022: 2, 2023: 1, 2025: 1

Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1ChaparronJuan D'Arienzo, 1946 · danced together in 3 Performances
  2. 2MaldonadoPedro Laurenz, 1943 · danced together in 3 Performances
  3. 3Quejas de bandoneónAníbal Troilo, 1958 · danced together in 2 Performances

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Alberto PodestáJan 19, 1956

Single source

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Single source

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  1. AlguienEnrique Francini · Alberto Podestá1956

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