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La luz de un fósforo · Aníbal Troilo · 1943

Music by Alberto Suárez Villanueva, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1969.

La luz de un fósforo · Aníbal Troilo · 1943 was sung by Alberto Marino.†† La luz de un fósforo · Aníbal Troilo · 1943 is a tango.† La luz de un fósforo · Aníbal Troilo · 1943 lasts 02:37.†

Credit

Music
Alberto Suárez Villanueva
Lyrics
Enrique Cadícamo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedAlberto Marino · RCA Victor · Dec 17194321 dances
  2. Horacio SalganEdmundo Rivero · Philips1969

Lyrics

Español

Nos encontramos, tú y yo, y a conversar nos detuvimos. Un algo raro tenías cuando callabas, cuando reías... La esgrima sentimental al fin surgió la tarde aquella. Después... ¡qué poco quedó! El viento todo lo llevó... La luz de un fósforo fue nuestro amor pasajero. Duró tan poco... lo sé... como el fulgor que da un lucero... La luz de un fósforo fue, nada más, nuestro idilio. Otra ilusión que se va del corazón y que no vuelve más. En todo, siempre el color es del cristal con que se mira. De rosa, yo te veía, cuando callabas, cuando reías. Después, con otro cristal, cambió el color y ya no eras... La vida es toda ilusión y un prisma es el corazón.

English · machine translation

We meet, you and I, and to talk we stopped. There was something strange about you when you were silent, when you laughed... Sentimental fencing finally emerged that afternoon. Afterwards... how little was left! The wind carried it all away... The light of a match was our fleeting love. It lasted as little... I know... as the glow of a star... The light of a match was, nothing more, our idyll. Another illusion that leaves from the heart and never comes back. In everything, always the color is of the glass with which you look at it. In pink, I saw you when you were silent, when you laughed. Later, with a different glass, the color changed and you were no longer... Life is all illusion and a prism is the heart.

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19431969

1943: 1, 1969: 1

Credit

Music
Alberto Suárez Villanueva
Lyrics
Enrique Cadícamo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Nos encontramos, tú y yo, y a conversar nos detuvimos. Un algo raro tenías cuando callabas, cuando reías... La esgrima sentimental al fin surgió la tarde aquella. Después... ¡qué poco quedó! El viento todo lo llevó... La luz de un fósforo fue nuestro amor pasajero. Duró tan poco... lo sé... como el fulgor que da un lucero... La luz de un fósforo fue, nada más, nuestro idilio. Otra ilusión que se va del corazón y que no vuelve más. En todo, siempre el color es del cristal con que se mira. De rosa, yo te veía, cuando callabas, cuando reías. Después, con otro cristal, cambió el color y ya no eras... La vida es toda ilusión y un prisma es el corazón.

English · machine translation

We meet, you and I, and to talk we stopped. There was something strange about you when you were silent, when you laughed... Sentimental fencing finally emerged that afternoon. Afterwards... how little was left! The wind carried it all away... The light of a match was our fleeting love. It lasted as little... I know... as the glow of a star... The light of a match was, nothing more, our idyll. Another illusion that leaves from the heart and never comes back. In everything, always the color is of the glass with which you look at it. In pink, I saw you when you were silent, when you laughed. Later, with a different glass, the color changed and you were no longer... Life is all illusion and a prism is the heart.

Every recording

2 recordings by year · source: TangoCloud catalogue

  1. La luz de un fósforoAníbal Troilo · Alberto Marino1943
  2. La luz de un fósforoHoracio Salgan · Edmundo Rivero1969

Often paired with

Our data: filmed Performances on TangoTube that danced both, and DJs' public tandas on TangoCloud that hold both.

  1. De pura cepaAníbal Troilo, 1942 · danced together in 2 Performances
  2. Cabeza de noviaJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 2 Performances
  3. ChiquéOsvaldo Pugliese, 1953 · danced together in 2 Performances

Singers1

Sung by Alberto MarinoDec 17, 1943Supported · 2

In other catalogues19

tango.info · 04024236204083-1-12Single source

tango.info · 02480002028369-1-10Single source

tango.info · 08427328130745-1-19Single source

tango.info · 02480002030683-1-11Single source

tango.info · 02480002101222-2-67Single source

tango.info · 00828765944021-1-5Single source

tango.info · 02480002330158-2-6Single source

tango.info · 00743217773922-1-18Single source

tango.info · 02480002333739-2-6Single source

tango.info · 02480002333746-2-6Single source

tango.info · 08427328133098-1-7Single source

tango.info · 00743215214724-1-8Single source

tango.info · 00229001001629-1-7Single source

tango.info · 04011222327543-3-17Single source

tango.info · 00743214137123-1-9Single source

tango.info · 05204833007204-1-19Single source

tango.info · 00743211610926-1-18Single source

tango.info · 07798108081665-2-12Single source

tango.info · 08427328130554-1-8Single source

Is a1

Is a tangoSingle source

Duration1

Duration 02:37Single source

Audio feature12

Audio feature 123.0Single source

Audio feature 0.93Single source

Audio feature CSingle source

Audio feature majorSingle source

Audio feature 0.822Single source

Audio feature -20.1Single source

Audio feature 0.467Single source

Audio feature 0.264Single source

Audio feature 0.373Single source

Audio feature 0.002Single source

Audio feature 0.0Single source

Audio feature 0.625Single source

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