Song
Naranjo en flor · Roberto Goyeneche · 1986
Roberto GoyenechetangoWho recorded it
Every version4Earliest we hold: Pedro Laurenz, 1944
Recorded in 1986, during the Revival (1985–1999).
19851999
Roberto Goyeneche · no periods written yet
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
4 orchestras recorded it
23 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Virgilio Expósito
- Words
- Homero Expósito
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
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Era más blanda que el agua, que el agua blanda, era más fresca que el río, naranjo en flor. Y en esa calle de estío, calle perdida, dejó un pedazo de vida y se marchó... Primero hay que saber sufrir, después amar, después partir y al fin andar sin pensamiento... Perfume de naranjo en flor, promesas vanas de un amor que se escaparon con el viento. Después...¿qué importa el después? Toda mi vida es el ayer que me detiene en el pasado, eterna y vieja juventud que me ha dejado acobardado como un pájaro sin luz. ¿Qué le habrán hecho mis manos? ¿Qué le habrán hecho para dejarme en el pecho tanto dolor? Dolor de vieja arboleda, canción de esquina con un pedazo de vida, naranjo en flor.
English · machine translation
It was softer than water, than the soft water, it was cooler than the river, orange blossom. And in that summer street lost street, he left a piece of life and left... First you have to know how to suffer, then to love, then to leave and finally walk without thought... Perfume of orange blossom, vain promises of a love that escaped with the wind. After... what does the after matter? All my life is yesterday that stops me in the past, eternal and old youth that has left me cowering like a bird without light. What have my hands done to him? What have they done to him to leave in my chest so much pain? Pain of an old grove, corner song with a piece of life, orange blossom.
Every version
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A Song's recorded lineage
We hold dated Recordings by 4 orchestras; the earliest here is Pedro Laurenz in 1944.
- 1944Pedro LaurenzRecording
- 1944Enrique RodríguezRecording
- 1944Aníbal TroiloRecording
- 1986Roberto GoyenecheRecording
Gold marks the first we hold, not the first ever. Filled dots have filmed Dances; rings have no Dances matched yet.
4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 7 more we know of
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- Aníbal TroiloMost dancedNaranjo en florAníbal TroiloFloreal RuiztangoRCA VictorMeasured automatically · 123 BPM · C major20 dances1944
- Pedro LaurenzEarliest we holdNaranjo en florPedro LaurenzJorge LinarestangoOdeonMeasured automatically · 121 BPM · C major3 dances1944
- Enrique RodríguezNaranjo en florEnrique RodríguezArmando MorenotangoOdeonNo match yet1944
- Roberto GoyenecheNaranjo en florRoberto GoyenechetangoNo match yet1986
- Cacho CastañaNot in our catalogue
- María GrañaNot in our catalogue
- Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
- Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
- Atilio StamponeNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche
- Esteban MorgadoNot in our catalogue
- Juan Carlos CáceresNot in our catalogueJuan Carlos Cáceres
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Roberto Goyeneche
Naranjo en florRoberto GoyenechetangoNo couple filmed dancing this recording yet
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