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Sin palabras · Miguel Caló · 1965

Music by Mariano Mores, lyrics by Enrique Santos Discepolo. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1945–1965.
1945: 1 · danced 0 times1946: 4 · danced 94 times1947: 2 · danced 119 times1957: 1 · danced 0 times1965: 1 · danced 0 times
1945’50’601965
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1945: 1, 0; 1946: 4, 94; 1947: 2, 119; 1957: 1, 0; 1965: 1, 0

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1947 version holds 55% of its dancing (119 of 213).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 9 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

Credit

Music
Mariano Mores
Lyrics
Enrique Santos Discepolo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1940’50’60

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloAlberto Marino · RCA Victor · Oct 22
    57 dances
    1946
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedAlberto Morán · Odeon · Jan 2
    119 dances
    1947
  3. Miguel CalóLucho Gatica · Odeon Chile
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  4. Rodolfo BiagiCarlos Saavedra · Odeon · Nov 22
    33 dances
    1946
  5. Osvaldo FresedoOscar Serpa · RCA Victor · Nov 26
    1 dance
    1946
  6. Edgardo DonatoEarliest we holdOsvaldo Morel · RCA Victor
    Not danced on film yet
    1945
  7. Francisco CanaroAlberto Arenas · Odeon · Aug 20
    3 dances
    1946
  8. Orquesta Francini-PontierAlberto Podestá · Jan 16
    Not danced on film yet
    1947
  9. Mariano MoresEnrique Lucero · Jan 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  10. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue1945
  11. Alberto GómezNot in our catalogue1946
  12. Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our catalogueAlberto Podestá · Jan 161947
  13. Susy LeivaNot in our catalogue1954
  14. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueSusy Leiva · Oct 11959
  15. Raúl Miguel GarelloNot in our catalogueRoberto Rufino · Oct 261970
  16. Alberto GómezNot in our catalogue
  17. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
  18. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  19. Valeria LynchNot in our catalogue
  20. Oscar AlonsoNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Nació de ti... buscando una canción que nos uniera, y hoy sé que es cruel brutal -quizá- el castigo que te doy. Sin palabras esta música va a herirte, dondequiera que la escuche tu traición... La noche más absurda, el día más triste. Cuando estés riendo, o cuando llore tu ilusión. Perdóname si es Dios, quien quiso castigarte al fin... Si hay llantos que pueden perseguir así, si estas notas que nacieron por tu amor, al final son un cilicio que abre heridas de una historia... ¡Son suplicios, son memorias... fantoche herido, mi dolor, se alzará, cada vez, que oigas esta canción!... Nació de ti... mintiendo entre esperanzas un destino, y hoy sé que es cruel, brutal -quizá- el castigo que te doy... Sin decirlo esta canción dirá tu nombre, sin decirlo con tu nombre estaré yo. Los ojos casi ciegos de mi asombro, junto al asombro de perderte y no morir.

English · machine translation

Born from you... looking for a song to unite us, and today I know that it's cruel and brutal -perhaps- the punishment I give you. Without words this music will hurt you, wherever your betrayal hears it... The most absurd night, the saddest day. When you're laughing, or when your illusion cries. Forgive me if it is God Who wanted to punish you at last... If there are cries that can haunt so, if these notes that were born for your love, in the end are a cilice that opens wounds of a story... They are tortures, they are memories... wounded puppet, my pain, it will rise, each time, you hear this song!... It was born of you... lying between hopes of a destiny, and today I know that it is cruel, brutal -perhaps- the punishment I give you... Without saying it this song will say your name, without saying it with your name I will be me. The almost blind eyes of my astonishment, together with the astonishment of losing you and not dying.

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The day it was recorded.

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  1. Sin palabrasEdgardo Donato · Osvaldo Morel · no clip yet1945

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