Song
Desde el alma · Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro) · 1952
1927: 1, 0; 1935: 1, 39; 1940: 1, 12; 1944: 1, 2; 1947: 2, 2; 1952: 1, 3; 1953: 2, 0; 1959: 1, 0; 1979: 1, 16; 1985: 1, 161; 1987: 1, 0; 2003: 1, 56; 2014: 1, 0
Osvaldo Pugliese’s 1985 version holds 55% of its dancing (161 of 291).
How we know
Of the dances to its 15 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.
Osvaldo Pugliese recorded it in 1979 and 1985. One other orchestra recorded it more than once.
How we know
Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.
Credit
- Music
- Rosita Melo
- Lyrics
- Homero Manzi
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Every recording
15 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 23 more we know of
Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.
- Juan D'ArienzoInstrumental · RCA Victor · Jul 239 dances1935
- Osvaldo PuglieseInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 2716 dances1979
- Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 26161 dances1985
- Ricardo TanturiInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 282 dances1944
- Francisco CanaroInstrumental · Odeon · May 2312 dances1940
- Francisco CanaroNelly Omar · Odeon · Oct 222 dances1947
- Quinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro)Instrumental · Odeon · Apr 153 dances1952
- Roberto FirpoEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · Oct 20Not danced on film yet1927
- Cuarteto Típico Roberto FirpoInstrumental · May 25Not danced on film yet1947
- José SalaAlfredo Belusi · Columbia · Dec 29Not danced on film yet1953
- Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)Instrumental · Jun 156 dances2003
- Horacio Salgán OrchestraInstrumental · TKNot danced on film yet1953
- Juan de Dios FilibertoInstrumental · Oct 14Not danced on film yet1959
- Los Solistas De D'ArienzoInstrumental · Music HallNot danced on film yet1987
- Sexteto VisceralInstrumental · Jul 1Not danced on film yet2014
- Nelly OmarNot in our catalogue1928
- Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueInstrumental1937
- Juan CambareriNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Aug 101948
- Carlos DemariaNot in our catalogueRoberto Cortés · Oct 101950
- Quinteto Pirincho, dir. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Jul 151952
Lyrics
Español
Alma, si tanto te han herido, ¿por qué te niegas al olvido? ¿Por qué prefieres llorar lo que has perdido, buscar lo que has querido, llamar lo que murió? Vives inútilmente triste y sé que nunca mereciste pagar con penas la culpa de ser buena, tan buena como fuiste por amor. Fue lo que empezó una vez, lo que después dejó de ser. Lo que al final por culpa de un error fue noche amarga del corazón. ¡Deja esas cartas! ¡Vuelve a tu antigua ilusión! Junto al dolor que abre una herida llega la vida trayendo otro amor. Alma, no entornes tu ventana al sol feliz de la mañana. No desesperes, que el sueño más querido es el que más nos hiere, es el que duele más. Vives inútilmente triste y sé que nunca mereciste pagar con penas la culpa de ser buena, tan buena como fuiste por amor.
English · machine translation
Soul, if you have been hurt so much, why do you refuse to forget? why do you refuse to forget? Why do you prefer to mourn what you have lost, seek what you have loved, to call what has died? You live uselessly sad and I know you never deserved to pay with sorrows the guilt of being good, as good as you were for love. It was what once began, what then ceased to be. What in the end because of a mistake was a bitter night of the heart. Leave those cards! Go back to your old illusion! Next to the pain that opens a wound comes life brings another love. Soul, do not close your window to the happy morning sun. Do not despair, that the dearest dream is the one that hurts us the most, it is the one that hurts the most. You live uselessly sad and I know you never deserved to pay with sorrows the guilt of being good, as good as you were for love.
Danced to it
Music from 1952 · danced on film 2007–2012
2007: 1, 2012: 1
Connected
From TangoTube's videos · our data
Danced by
- Judit Somos1 video
- Roberta Coen1 video
- Luciano Donda1 video
- Béla Barabás1 video
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