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Tormento · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1972

Music by Charlo, lyrics by Luis César Amadori. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1934–1972.

Tormento · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1972 was sung by Abel Córdoba.† Tormento · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1972 is a tango.†

Credit

Music
Charlo
Lyrics
Luis César Amadori

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 1 more we know of

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCarlos Galan · Odeon · Nov 211934
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseAbel Córdoba · Odeon · Jul 171972
  3. Lágrima RíosNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

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Será verdad lo que dice la gente que andás por ahí tirando mi cariño. Será verdad que así, cobardemente, te entretenés burlándote de mi querer. No puedo creer que seas tan poca cosa, que te olvidés que yo te he dao mi vida. Será verdad que mi ilusión la más querida me ha de fallar...Yo no lo puedo creer. Quiero que ahora frente a frente me digas francamente que habló demás la gente. Pronto, quiero que me digas todo, todo. Quiero que salga de tu boca pa' no volverme loca (loco para el hombre) a fuerza de dudar. Si vos supieras lo que es esta duda, si la sintieras destrozándote el alma, si comprendieras con cuanta amargura yo me pregunto si perdí la dignidad. Será verdad que no vale la pena sacrificar la vida y darlo todo, que da lo mismo ser perjura que ser buena sin esperanza, fe, ni caridad. (Para el hombre): que da lo mismo ser malvado que ser bueno, que todo es lodo, y todo falsedad. Quiero saber y al mismo tiempo me está matando el miedo de ver que todo es cierto. Como puedo yo quererte tanto, tanto, que te suplico que no hables, que no me digas nada para poder vivir.

English · machine translation

Is it true what people say that you go around throwing my love away. Will it be true that this way, cowardly you amuse yourself by making fun of my love. I can't believe that you are so little that you forget that I have given you my life. Is it true that my dearest illusion has failed me... I can't believe it. I want you now face to face to tell me frankly that other people have spoken. Soon, I want you to tell me everything, everything. I want it to come out of your mouth so that I don't go crazy (crazy for man) by dint of doubting. If you knew what this doubt is, if you felt it tearing your soul apart, if you understood how bitterly I wonder if I lost my dignity. Could it be true that it is not worth it to sacrifice life and give everything, that it is the same to be perjured as to be good. without hope, faith or charity. (For the man): that it is the same to be evil as to be good, that all is mud, and all is falsehood. I want to know and at the same time the fear is killing me of seeing that everything is true. How can I love you so much, so much, that I beg you not to speak, not to tell me anything so that I can live.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19341972

1934: 1, 1972: 1

In other catalogues1

tango.info · 02480002333203-1-2

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Singers1

Sung by Abel Córdoba

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Is a1

Is a tango

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  1. TormentoFrancisco Canaro · Carlos Galan1934

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