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Milonga triste · Mercedes Simone · 1937

Mercedes SimoneMercedes Simonemilonga
Music by Sebastián Piana, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 7 recordings in our catalogue, 1937–2014.
1937: 1 · danced 0 times1946: 1 · danced 0 times1968: 1 · danced 0 times1972: 1 · danced 21 times1994: 1 · danced 0 times2009: 1 · danced 0 times2014: 1 · danced 0 times
1937’50’60’70’80’90’002014
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1937: 1, 0; 1946: 1, 0; 1968: 1, 0; 1972: 1, 21; 1994: 1, 0; 2009: 1, 0; 2014: 1, 0

  1. Orquesta Típica Silencio recorded it in 2009 and 2014.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Credit

Music
Sebastián Piana
Lyrics
Homero Manzi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

7 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 29 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10

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

  1. Aníbal TroiloMilonga tristeAníbal TroiloAlberto Marino, ChoirmilongaRCA Victor
    Not danced on film yet
    1946
  2. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdMilonga tristeFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidamilongaOdeon
    Not danced on film yet
    1937
  3. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)Milonga tristeColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)singer unknownmilonga
    Not danced on film yet
    1994
  4. Orquesta Típica SilencioMilonga tristeOrquesta Típica Silenciosinger unknownmilonga
    Not danced on film yet
    2009
  5. Orquesta Típica SilencioMilonga tristeOrquesta Típica SilencioCardenal Dominguezzmilonga
    Not danced on film yet
    2014
  6. Hugo DiazMost dancedMilonga tristeHugo Diazsinger unknownmilonga
    21 dances
    1972
  7. Baffa-BerlingieriMilonga tristeBaffa-BerlingieriRoberto Goyenechemilongarca camden
    Not danced on film yet
    1968
  8. Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue1929
  9. Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue1934
  10. Alberto GómezNot in our catalogue1936
  11. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogueFeb 191937
  12. Ignacio CorsiniNot in our catalogueJun 191946
  13. Ranko FujisawaNot in our catalogue1953
  14. Orquesta Típica CorrientesNot in our catalogueMichiko Maeda1960
  15. Héctor ArbeloNot in our catalogueJulio Sosa · Jul 241962
  16. Roberto PanseraNot in our catalogueNéstor Fabián · Apr 101964
  17. Color TangoNot in our catalogue2003
  18. Ignacio CorsiniNot in our catalogue
  19. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  20. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Llegabas por el sendero delantal y trenzas sueltas. Brillaban tus ojos negros claridad de luna llena. Mis labios te hicieron daño al besar tu boca fresca. Castigo me dio tu mano pero más golpeó tu ausencia. ¡Ay!... Volví por caminos blancos, volví sin poder llegar. Grité con mi grito largo, canté sin saber cantar. Cerraste los ojos negros. Se volvió tu cara blanca. Y llevamos tu silencio al sonar de las campanas. La luna cayó en el agua. El dolor golpeó mi pecho. Con cuerdas de cien guitarras me trencé remordimientos. ¡Ay!... Volví por caminos viejos, volví sin poder llegar. Grité con tu nombre muerto recé sin saber rezar. Tristeza de haber querido tu rubor en un sendero. Tristeza de los caminos que después ya no te vieron. Silencio del camposanto. Soledad de las estrellas. Recuerdos que duelen tanto. Delantal y trenzas negras. ¡Ay!... Volví por caminos muertos volví sin poder llegar. Grité con tu nombre bueno, lloré sin saber llorar.

English · machine translation

You came along the path apron and loose braids. Your black eyes shone full moonlight. My lips hurt you when I kissed your fresh mouth. I was punished by your hand but your absence hit me harder. Ouch... I returned by white roads, I returned without being able to arrive. I shouted with my long cry, I sang without knowing how to sing. You closed your black eyes. Your face turned white. And we carried your silence to the sound of the bells. The moon fell into the water. The pain hit my chest. With strings of a hundred guitars I braided remorse. Alas... I returned by old roads, I returned without being able to arrive. I cried out with your dead name I prayed without knowing how to pray. Sadness of having loved your blush on a path. Sadness of the roads that later no longer saw you. Silence of the cemetery. Loneliness of the stars. Memories that hurt so much. Apron and black braids. Ouch... I returned by dead roads I returned without being able to arrive. I cried with your good name, I cried without knowing how to cry.

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  1. Milonga tristeFrancisco CanaroRoberto Maida

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