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Sombras nada mas · Juan D'Arienzo · 1974

Juan D'ArienzoOsvaldo RamostangoRCA Victor
Music by Francisco Lomuto, lyrics by José María Contursi. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1974.

Pinned at 1974 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Juan D'Arienzo recordings indexed 1928–1975 · gold: Late years, 1957–1976

Sombras nada mas · Juan D'Arienzo · 1974 was sung by Osvaldo Ramos.† Sombras nada mas · Juan D'Arienzo · 1974 is a tango.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

18 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Francisco Lomuto
Words
José María Contursi
Written
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Quisiera abrir lentamente mis venas... Mi sangre toda vertirla a tus pies... para poderte demostrar que más no puedo amar y entonces... Morir después. Y sin embargo tus ojos azules, ¡azul que tienen el cielo y el mar! viven cerrados para mí sin ver que estoy así... ¡Perdido en mi soledad! ¡Sombras, nada más, acariciando mis manos! ¡Sombras, nada más, en el temblor de mi voz! Pude ser feliz y estoy en vida muriendo y entre lágrimas viviendo los pasajes más horrendos de este drama sin final... ¡Sombras, nada más, entre tu vida y mi vida... Sombras, nada más, entre mi amor y tu amor! Qué breve fue tu presencia en mi hastío, qué tibias fueron tu mano y tu voz. Como luciérnaga llegó tu luz y disipó las sombras de mi rincón... Y me quedé como un duende, temblando sin el azul de tus ojos de mar, que se han cerrado para mí sin ver que estoy así... ¡Perdido en mi soledad!

English · machine translation

I would like to slowly open my veins... My blood all poured out at your feet... so that I can prove to you that I can't love any more and then... To die afterwards. And yet your blue eyes, blue as the sky and the sea! live closed for me without seeing that I am like this... Lost in my loneliness! Shadows, nothing more, caressing my hands! Shadows, nothing more, in the trembling of my voice! I could have been happy and I am in life dying and in tears living the most horrendous passages of this drama without end... Shadows, nothing more, between your life and my life... Shadows, nothing more, between my love and your love! How brief was your presence in my boredom, how lukewarm were your hand and your voice. Like a firefly your light your light came and dissipated the shadows of my corner... And I was left like an elf, trembling without the blue of your sea eyes that have closed for me without seeing that I am like this... Lost in my solitude!

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1943 to 1974.
1940’50’60’70
Recordings of Sombras nada mas · Juan D'Arienzo · 1974 by year, taller the more they are danced · 5 of 5 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 10 more we know of

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  1. Juan D'ArienzoSombras nada masJuan D'ArienzoOsvaldo RamostangoRCA Victor
    1 dance
    1974
  2. Francisco CanaroSombras nada masFrancisco CanaroEduardo AdriantangoOdeon
    2 dances
    1943
  3. Francisco LomutoEarliest we holdMost dancedSombras nada masFrancisco LomutoAlberto RiveratangoRCA Victor
    8 dances
    1943
  4. Nelly VázquezNot in our catalogue1940
  5. Alfredo MalerbaNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · Nov 91943
  6. Alfredo De AngelisNot in our catalogueAlberto Cuello · Oct 271964
  7. Martin DarréNot in our catalogueSusy Leiva · Nov 21964
  8. Carlos GarcíaNot in our catalogueArgentino Ledesma1965
  9. Jorge ValdezNot in our catalogue
  10. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  11. Porfirio DíazNot in our catalogue
  12. Argentino LedesmaNot in our catalogue
  13. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueJorge Valdez

One recording

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Juan D'Arienzo

Sombras nada masJuan D'ArienzoOsvaldo RamostangoRCA Victor

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · 02480002331308-1-2

tango.info · 02480002159483-1-6

Singers1

Sung by Osvaldo Ramos

Is a1

Is a tango

Audio feature15

Audio feature 132.5

Audio feature 0.946

Audio feature D

Audio feature major

Audio feature 0.753

Audio feature -22.1

Audio feature 0.562

Audio feature 0.332

Audio feature 0.297

Audio feature 0.051

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.652

Audio feature 133.3

Audio feature 66.6

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Sombras nada masFrancisco LomutoAlberto Rivera

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