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Inspiración · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1962

Osvaldo Pugliesesinger unknowntangoPhilips
Music by Peregrino Paulos, lyrics by Luis Rubistein. 22 recordings in our catalogue, 1930–2003.

Pinned at 1962 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Osvaldo Pugliese recordings indexed 1943–1986 · gold: Maciel shines, 1954–1967

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

16 orchestras recorded it

183 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Peregrino Paulos
Words
Luis Rubistein
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Por la senda del dolor cruzaron en bandadas los recuerdos del ayer trayendo en pos aquel querer donde quemé la dulce fe de mi ilusión hecha canción; plegaria en flor que ayer bordé en el calor del cuchitril de bohemia... Ensueño azul que me dejó el sinsabor de mi anemia. Se tronchó mi corazón en la esperanza vana que asomara a mi balcón y que fatal me trajo el mal... Recitado Soplaron vientos de hastío en los valles de mi vida y trajeron las cenizas de mi lírica ilusión, hecha carne en las tinieblas de mi juventud perdida donde murió mi bohemia con mi última canción. Hoy, la escarcha de los años me blanquearon los cabellos y estoy solo en la tragedia de mi triste soledad, pero aún siento la nostalgia de sus negros ojos bellos a pesar que no tuvieron para mí más que crueldad... Juventud que ya se fue tras el vano sueño azul de ayer... Deshojada y mustia flor de amor... ¡Ilusión que mató el dolor!

English · machine translation

Along the path of pain the memories of yesterday crossed in flocks bringing in pursuit that love where I burned the sweet faith of my illusion made song; prayer in flower that yesterday I embroidered in the warmth of the bohemian den... Blue reverie that left me the tastelessness of my anemia. My heart was crushed in the vain hope that I would look out on my balcony and that fatal brought me evil... Recited Winds of weariness blew through the valleys of my life and brought the ashes of my lyrical illusion, made flesh in the darkness of my lost youth where my bohemia died with my last song. Today, the frost of the years bleached my hair white and I am alone in the tragedy of my sad loneliness, but I still feel the nostalgia of her beautiful black eyes... even though they had nothing but cruelty for me... Youth that is already gone after the vain blue dream of yesterday... Leafless and wilted flower of love... Illusion that killed the pain!

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 22 recordings of this song by 16 orchestras, 1930 to 2003.
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00
Recordings of Inspiración · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1962 by year, taller the more they are danced · 22 of 22 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

22 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 34 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Aníbal Troilo, with 56% of the 183 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

12 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. Osvaldo PuglieseInspiraciónOsvaldo Pugliesesinger unknowntangoPhilips
    26 dances · 14%
    1962
  2. Juan D'ArienzoInspiraciónJuan D'ArienzoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    20 dances · 11%
    1967
  3. Miguel CalóInspiraciónMiguel CalóinstrumentaltangoOdeon
    16 dances · 9%
    1943
  4. Astor PiazzollaInspiraciónAstor Piazzollainstrumentaltango
    8 dances · 4%
    1947
  5. Orquesta Típica Sans SouciInspiraciónOrquesta Típica Sans Soucisinger unknowntango
    5 dances · 3%
    2003
  6. Hugo DiazInspiraciónHugo Diazsinger unknowntango
    3 dances · 2%
    1972
  7. Adolfo CarabelliInspiraciónAdolfo CarabelliAlberto Gómeztango
    1 dance · <1%
    1932
  8. Orquesta Típica BrunswickEarliest we holdInspiraciónOrquesta Típica BrunswickinstrumentaltangoBrunswick
    No match yet
    1930
  9. Osmar MadernaInspiraciónOsmar MadernainstrumentaltangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1950
  10. Reynaldo NicheleInspiraciónReynaldo Nichelesinger unknowntangoMicrofon
    No match yet
    1965
  11. Orquesta Francini-PontierInspiraciónOrquesta Francini-Pontiersinger unknowntangoSnow Records Japan
    No match yet
    1973
  12. Orquesta Típica ImperialInspiraciónOrquesta Típica Imperialsinger unknowntango
    No match yet
    2003
  13. Pedro MaffiaNot in our catalogueSep 61929
  14. Agustín MagaldiNot in our catalogue1931
  15. -unspecified orchestra-, -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueAgustín Magaldi1931
  16. Manuel PizarroNot in our catalogueSep 171931

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Osvaldo Pugliese

InspiraciónOsvaldo Pugliesesinger unknowntangoPhilips

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 28 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1962 · danced on film 2012–2019

20122019
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2012: 2, 2014: 2, 2016: 1, 2019: 15

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

3 of 6 complete sets on film

  1. Roxana Suárez and Sebastián Achaval

    Milonga El Garrón, 2019 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Saca chispasJulio De Caro, 1938
    2. 2InspiraciónOsvaldo Pugliese, 1962
    3. 3Yo soy el tangoAníbal Troilo, 1941
    4. 4Sollozo de bandoneónRicardo Tanturi, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Marianna Koutandou and Vaggelis Hatzopoulos

    TangoLovers Festival, 2016 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1InspiraciónOsvaldo Pugliese, 1962
    2. 2En el rosalJuan D'Arienzo, 1957
    3. 3Este es el reyJuan D'Arienzo, 1971
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Mora Godoy and Osvaldo Zotto

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Canaro en ParísJuan D'Arienzo, 1967
    2. 2InspiraciónOsvaldo Pugliese, 1962
    3. 3ChiquéOsvaldo Pugliese, 1953
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1Yo soy el tangoAníbal Troilo, 1941 · danced together in 8 Performances
  2. 2Reliquias porteñasFrancisco Canaro, 1938 · danced together in 5 Performances
  3. 3En el salónRicardo Tanturi, 1944 · danced together in 3 Performances
  4. 4Saca chispasJulio De Caro, 1938 · danced together in 3 Performances
  5. 5Milonga queridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1938 · danced together in 2 Performances
  6. 6Junto a tu corazónCarlos Di Sarli, 1942 · danced together in 2 Performances
  7. 7Yo quiero cantar un tangoPedro Laurenz, 1943 · danced together in 2 Performances
  8. 8Solo tuEnrique Rodríguez, 1943 · danced together in 2 Performances
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