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Embrujamiento · Ricardo Malerba · 1943

Ricardo MalerbaOrlando Medinatango
Music by Ricardo Malerba, Dante Smurra. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1943.

Pinned at 1943 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Ricardo Malerba recordings indexed 1941–1958

Embrujamiento · Ricardo Malerba · 1943 was sung by Orlando Medina.†† Embrujamiento · Ricardo Malerba · 1943 is a tango.† Embrujamiento · Ricardo Malerba · 1943 lasts 02:58.†

The work

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Music
Ricardo Malerba, Dante Smurra

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1942 to 1943.

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1940
Recordings of Embrujamiento · Ricardo Malerba · 1943 by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

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

The leader is Ricardo Malerba, 1943, with 89% of the 44 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

25 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Ricardo MalerbaMost dancedEmbrujamientoRicardo MalerbaOrlando Medinatango
    39 dances · 89%
    1943
  2. Juan D'ArienzoEarliest we holdEmbrujamientoJuan D'ArienzoJuan Carlos LamastangoRCA Victor
    5 dances · 11%
    1942
  3. Sexteto MilongueroNot in our catalogue
  4. Ensemble HyperionNot in our catalogueRuben Peloni

Lyrics

Español

¡Qué embrujo sin perdón es este amor! ¡Tu amor!, del que no puedo libertarme. ¿Qué fuerza loca y cruel me empuja a vos, sin ver que ya jamás podré salvarme? ¿Qué magia hay en tu boca roja como una maldición, que me embruja y me quema? Aún sabiendo que no es mío tu corazón. ¿Por qué te quiero odiar si sólo sé vivir queriéndote cada vez más? Tu amor es fuego en mis venas y es insomnio en mis noches. Tu amor es una condena que bendice tu nombre. Quiero olvidarte y te llamo, quiero odiarte y te adoro, quiero ahogarte en mis brazos, y al mirarte a los ojos te imploro, te imploro llorando perdón.

English · machine translation

What an unforgiving spell is this love! Your love! from which I cannot free myself. What mad and cruel force drives me to you, not seeing that I can never save myself? What magic is in your mouth red as a curse that bewitches and burns me? Even knowing that your heart is not mine. Why do I want to hate you if I only know how to live loving you more and more? Your love is fire in my veins and it's insomnia in my nights. Your love is a condemnation that blesses your name. I want to forget you and I call you, I want to hate you and I adore you, I want to drown you in my arms, and when I look into your eyes I implore you, I implore you crying for forgiveness.

The versions dancers use

Music from 1943 · danced on film 2007–2025

20072025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2009: 3, 2010: 6, 2011: 2, 2012: 2, 2013: 6, 2014: 1, 2015: 1, 2016: 2, 2017: 2, 2019: 1, 2025: 1

Sebastián Achaval & Roxana SuárezWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 2005White Nights Tango · 2013 · 2:48

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sPablo Inza & Mariela Sametband2009
  2. The 2010sSebastián Achaval & Roxana SuárezWhite Nights Tango · 2013
  3. The 2020sFernando Galera & Pamela Colaneri2025

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    2 performances
  2. El Yeite Tango ClubVilla Crespo
    1 performance

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Connected

From TangoTube's videos · our data

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Orlando MedinaFeb 12, 1943

In other catalogues4

tango.info · 02480002335573-1-7

tango.info · 02480002007586-1-10

tango.info · 02480002032069-1-1

tango.info · 00724354170126-1-1

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:58

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. EmbrujamientoJuan D'ArienzoJuan Carlos Lamas

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