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Tabaco · Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro · 2003

Music by Armando Pontier, lyrics by José María Contursi. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–2004.

Credit

Music
Armando Pontier
Lyrics
José María Contursi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Mar 30
    6 dances
    1944
  2. Miguel CalóMost dancedRaúl Iriarte · Odeon · Jun 14
    20 dances
    1944
  3. Mario MauranoNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · May 21 · tango.info1944
  4. Armando PontierHéctor Dario
    10 dances
    1963
  5. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueJulio Sosa · Apr 23 · tango.info1963
  6. Atilio StamponeNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · tango.info1966
  7. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroEl Chino Laborde
    Not danced on film yet
    2003
  8. Orquesta Típica Fernández FierroEl Chino Laborde · Nov 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2004
  9. Libertad LamarqueNot in our cataloguetango.info
  10. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our cataloguetango.info
  11. Atilio StamponeNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · tango.info

Lyrics

Español

Tu voz surgió de las sombras como un lejano reproche; tu voz que llora y me nombra mientras más aún se asombran los fantasmas de esta noche. Están mis ojos cerrados por el terror del silencio; mi corazón, desgarrado porque no me he perdonado todo el mal que te causé. Más, muchísimo más extrañan mis manos tus manos amantes... Más, muchísimo más me aturdo al saberte tan cerca y tan distante... Y mientras fumo forma el humo tu figura y en el aroma del tabaco tu fragancia me conversa de distancias, de tu olvido y mi locura... Tú que vives feliz tal vez esta noche te acuerdes de mí. Parece un sueño de angustias del que despierto temblando y están tiradas y mustias las violetas de esa angustia y mis ojos sollazando. Los pobres siguen cerrados por el terror del silencio... Mi corazón, desgarrado porque no me he perdonado todo el mal que te causé.

English · machine translation

Your voice came out of the shadows like a distant reproach; your voice that cries and names me while still more the ghosts of this night the ghosts of this night. My eyes are closed by the terror of silence; my heart, torn apart because I have not forgiven myself all the evil I caused you. More, much, much more my hands miss your loving hands... The more, the more I am stunned to know you so close and yet so distant... And while I smoke, your figure forms the smoke and in the aroma of tobacco your fragrance speaks to me of distances, of your oblivion and my madness... You who live happily perhaps tonight you will remember me. It seems like a dream of anguish from which I wake up trembling and the violets of that anguish the violets of that anguish and my eyes are drooping. The poor ones are still closed by the terror of silence... My heart, torn apart because I have not forgiven myself all the evil I caused you.

What we don't know yet3 of 5 known

The day it was recorded, the record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19442004

1944: 2, 1963: 1, 2003: 1, 2004: 1

No published facts yet. Facts appear here, each with its source, as they are collected.

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  1. TabacoAníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino1944

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