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La vi llegar · José Basso · 1964

José BassoHéctor de RosastangoMusic Hall
Music by Enrique Francini, lyrics by Julian Centeya. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1964.
1944: 3 · danced 47 times1961: 1 · danced 79 times1964: 1 · danced 0 times
1944’50’601964
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1944: 3, 47; 1961: 1, 79; 1964: 1, 0

  1. Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1961 version holds 62% of its dancing (79 of 126).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 5 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

La vi llegar · José Basso · 1964 was sung by Héctor de Rosas.†

Credit

Music
Enrique Francini
Lyrics
Julian Centeya

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1940’50’60

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloLa vi llegarAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor
    10 dances
    1944
  2. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedLa vi llegarOsvaldo PuglieseJorge MacieltangoPhilips
    79 dances
    1961
  3. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdLa vi llegarMiguel CalóRaúl IriartetangoOdeon
    36 dances
    1944
  4. Enrique RodríguezLa vi llegarEnrique RodríguezArmando MorenotangoOdeon
    1 dance
    1944
  5. José BassoLa vi llegarJosé BassoHéctor de RosastangoMusic Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1964
  6. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · May 71970
  7. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueAlberto Podestá1973
  8. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
  9. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueJorge Valdez
  10. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche

Lyrics

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La vi llegar... ¡Caricia de su mano breve! La vi llegar... ¡Alondra que azotó la nieve! Tu amor -pude decirle- se funde en el misterio de un tango acariciante que gime por los dos. Y el bandoneón -¡rezongo amargo en el olvido!- lloró su voz, que se quebró en la densa bruma. Y en la desesperanza, tan cruel como ninguna, la vi partir sin la palabra del adiós. Era mi mundo de ilusión... Lo supo el corazón, que aún recuerda siempre su extravío?. Era mi mundo de ilusión y se perdió de mí, sumándome en la sombra del dolor. Hay un fantasma en la noche interminable. Hay un fantasma que ronda en mi silencio. Es el recuerdo de su voz, latir de su canción, la noche de su olvido y su rencor. La vi llegar... ¡Murmullo de su paso leve! La vi llegar... ¡Aurora que borró la nieve! Perdido en la tiniebla, mi paso vacilante la busca en mi terrible carnino de dolor. Y el bandoneón dice su nombre en su gemido, con esa voz que la llamó desde el olvido. Y en este desencanto brutal que me condena la vi partir, sin la palabra del adiós...

English · machine translation

I saw her arrive... Caress of her brief hand! I saw her coming... Lark that whipped the snow! Your love -I was able to tell her- melts in the mystery of a caressing tango that moans for both of us. And the bandoneon -bitter rhyme in oblivion! cried his voice, which broke in the dense mist. And in despair, as cruel as no other, I saw her depart without the word of farewell. It was my world of illusion... The heart knew it, that still always remembers her loss.... It was my world of illusion and it was lost from me, adding me to the shadow of pain. There is a ghost in the endless night. There is a ghost that haunts my silence. It is the memory of her voice, the beat of her song, the night of her oblivion and her rancor. I saw her coming... Murmur of her light step! I saw her coming... Aurora that erased the snow! Lost in the darkness, my faltering footsteps seeks her in my terrible ram of pain. And the bandoneon calls her name in its moan, with that voice that called her from oblivion. And in this brutal disenchantment that condemns me I saw her leave, without the word of goodbye...

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

The day it was recorded.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Héctor de Rosas

Single source

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. La vi llegarMiguel CalóRaúl Iriarte

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