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Mensaje · Roberto Goyeneche · 1968

Roberto Goyenechesungtango
Music by Enrique Santos Discepolo, lyrics by Catulo Castillo. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1953–1968.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1953

  1. Aníbal TroiloRaúl Berón · Roberto Rufino19531965
  2. Roberto Goyeneche1968

Pinned at 1968 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Roberto Goyeneche recordings indexed 1968–1980

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

210 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Enrique Santos Discepolo
Words
Catulo Castillo
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Hoy, que no estoy, como ves, otra vez con un tango que no puedo gritar... Yo, que no tengo tu voz... Yo, que no puedo ya hablar... Mensaje con que mi vieja ternura de criatura te está prestando coraje... Yo, que a lo largo del viaje sufrí tus ultrajes en mi soledad... Nunca quieras mal, total la vida ¡qué importa! Si es tan finita y tan corta que al fin, el piolín se corta... No te aflija el esquinzao del dolor, y si el amor te hace caso, no le niegues tu pedazo de candor, que el lindo creerle al amor... Bueno y nada más, que siendo bueno, no hay odio, ni injusticia, ni veneno que haga mal... Y hoy, que no estoy me da pena no estar a tu lado, cinchando con vos... Vos, que me hiciste llorar... vos, que eras todo rencor... Mensaje... Mensaje con que te digo que soy tu amigo y tiro del carro contigo... Yo, tan chiquito y desnudo lo mismo te ayudo cerquita de Dios

English · machine translation

Today, that I am not here, as you see, again with a tango that I can't shout... I, who don't have your voice... I, who can no longer speak... Message with which my old tenderness of a creature is lending you courage... I, who along the journey suffered your outrages in my solitude... Never wish you ill, all in all what does life matter! If it is so finite and so short that in the end the bobbin is cut off... Don't be afflicted by the corner of pain, and if love heeds you, don't deny it your piece of candor, that the nice to believe in love... Good and nothing more, that being good, there is no hatred, no injustice, no poison that can do evil... And today, when I'm not here it makes me sad not to be by your side, riding with you... You, who made me cry... you, who were all rancor... Message... Message with which I tell you that I am your friend and I pull the cart with you... I, so small and naked I'll help you just the same close to God

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1953 to 1968.
1950’60
Recordings of Mensaje · Roberto Goyeneche · 1968 by year, taller the more they are danced · 3 of 3 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 4 more we know of

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Aníbal Troilo, with 80% of the 210 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

1 more dance names this song but not which version, so no share counts it. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Roberto GoyenecheMensajeRoberto Goyenechesungtango
    42 dances · 20%
    1968
  2. Orquesta Típica TokioNot in our catalogueRanko Fujisawa1952
  3. TaniaNot in our catalogue
  4. Susana RinaldiNot in our catalogue
  5. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Roberto Goyeneche

MensajeRoberto Goyenechesungtango

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 47 Performances

Recorded the same day

What else Roberto Goyeneche recorded on Mar 26, 1968.

  1. Mi tango tristeRoberto Goyenechesungtango
  2. Un sueño y nada másRoberto Goyenechesungtango
  3. Ya estamos igualesRoberto Goyenechesungtango

Danced to it

Music from 1968 · danced on film 2011–2026

20112026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2014: 1, 2015: 3, 2016: 1, 2017: 2, 2018: 3, 2023: 3, 2024: 9, 2025: 11, 2026: 3

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1RawsonJuan D'Arienzo, 1936 · danced together in 3 Performances
  2. 2Rie payasoJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 2 Performances
  3. 3BarroOsvaldo Pugliese, 1951 · danced together in 2 Performances

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