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Copa de ajenjo · Héctor Maure · 1959

Music by Juan Canaro, lyrics by Carlos Pesce. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1941–1968.
1941: 2 · danced 19 times1952: 1 · danced 1 times1967: 1 · danced 0 times1968: 1 · danced 0 times
1941’50’601968
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1941: 2, 19; 1952: 1, 1; 1967: 1, 0; 1968: 1, 0

Credit

Music
Juan Canaro
Lyrics
Carlos Pesce

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

1940’50’60

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

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdFrancisco Amor · Odeon · Jun 19
    6 dances
    1941
  2. Francisco LomutoMost dancedFernando Díaz · RCA Victor · Jul 23
    13 dances
    1941
  3. José BassoAlfredo Belusi · Music Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1967
  4. Ángel VargasRCA Victor · Jul 3
    1 dance
    1952
  5. Mario CanaroNéstor Peña
    Not danced on film yet
    1968

Lyrics

Español

Suena tango compañero, suena que quiero cantar, porque esta noche la espero y sé que no ha de llegar. Y en esta copa de ajenjo en vano pretendo mis penas ahogar. Suena tango compañero, suena que quiero llorar. Pensar que la quise tanto y embrujao por sus encantos hoy perdí la dignidad. Soy un borracho perdido que en la copa del olvido busca su felicidad. Son caprichos del destino, que lo quiso una mujer, si está marcado mi sino quién sabe si ha de volver... ¡Pero yo la esperaré! Suena tango compañero, como una recordación. Si lloro porque la quiero, son cosas del corazón. Sirva otra copa de ajenjo que a nadie le importa si quiero tomar. Porque esta noche la espero y sé que no ha de llegar.

English · machine translation

Sounds tango partner, sounds that I want to sing, because tonight I'm waiting for her and I know it won't come. And in this glass of absinthe in vain I try to drown my sorrows. It sounds tango companion, it sounds that I want to cry. To think that I loved her so much and bewitched by her charms today I lost my dignity. I am a lost drunkard who in the cup of oblivion seeks his happiness. They are whims of destiny, that a woman wanted it, if my fate is marked who knows if she will return... But I will wait for her! Sounds tango companion, like a remembrance. If I cry because I love her, it's things of the heart. Pour another glass of absinthe that nobody cares if I want to drink. Because tonight I wait for her and I know she won't come.

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  1. Copa de ajenjoFrancisco Canaro · Francisco Amor1941

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