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Volver · Florindo Sassone · 1947

Music by Carlos Gardel, lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera. 10 recordings in our catalogue, 1935–2006.
1935: 1 · danced 2 times1947: 1 · danced 0 times1961: 1 · danced 0 times1965: 1 · danced 7 times1969: 1 · danced 0 times1970: 1 · danced 1 times1975: 1 · danced 27 times1981: 1 · danced 1 times1998: 1 · danced 0 times2006: 1 · danced 0 times
1935’50’60’70’80’90’002006
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1935: 1, 2; 1947: 1, 0; 1961: 1, 0; 1965: 1, 7; 1969: 1, 0; 1970: 1, 1; 1975: 1, 27; 1981: 1, 1; 1998: 1, 0; 2006: 1, 0

Volver · Florindo Sassone · 1947 was sung by Jorge Casal.† Volver · Florindo Sassone · 1947 is a tango.† Volver · Florindo Sassone · 1947 lasts 03:01.†

Credit

Music
Carlos Gardel
Lyrics
Alfredo Le Pera

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

10 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 32 more we know of

1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00

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

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseAdrián Guida · Odeon · Dec 23
    1 dance
    1981
  2. Miguel CalóMarga Fontana · Odeon Colombia
    7 dances
    1965
  3. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdRoberto Ray · RCA Victor · Jul 1
    2 dances
    1935
  4. Francisco CanaroArgentino Ledesma · Odeon · Oct 27
    Not danced on film yet
    1969
  5. José BassoAlfredo Del Rio · Odeon · May 12
    Not danced on film yet
    1961
  6. Florindo SassoneJorge Casal · RCA Victor · May 19
    Not danced on film yet
    1947
  7. Hugo DiazMost dancedInstrumental
    27 dances
    1975
  8. Aníbal Troilo y Astor PiazzollaInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 13
    1 dance
    1970
  9. Orquesta Forever TangoCarlos Morel
    Not danced on film yet
    1998
  10. Orquesta Típica ImperialCristina De Los Angeles · Aug 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2006
  11. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue1932
  12. Terig TucciNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Mar 191935
  13. Ciriaco OrtizNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Jan 291936
  14. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue1963
  15. Emilio BrameriNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone1966
  16. Osvaldo RequenaNot in our catalogueAlberto Castillo1976
  17. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueNelly Omar1983
  18. Alfredo MarcucciNot in our catalogueRamón Regueira1998
  19. QuinTangoNot in our catalogueInstrumental2003
  20. Horacio DevalNot in our catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Yo adivino el parpadeo de las luces que a lo lejos, van marcando mi retorno. Son las mismas que alumbraron, con sus pálidos reflejos, hondas horas de dolor. Y aunque no quise el regreso, siempre se vuelve al primer amor. La quieta calle donde el eco dijo: 'Tuya es su vida, tuyo es su querer', bajo el burlón mirar de las estrellas que con indiferencia hoy me ven volver. Volver, con la frente marchita, las nieves del tiempo platearon mi sien. Sentir, que es un soplo la vida, que veinte años no es nada, que febril la mirada errante en las sombras te busca y te nombra. Vivir, con el alma aferrada a un dulce recuerdo, que lloro otra vez. Tengo miedo del encuentro con el pasado que vuelve a enfrentarse con mi vida. Tengo miedo de las noches que, pobladas de recuerdos, encadenen mi soñar. Pero el viajero que huye, tarde o temprano detiene su andar. Y aunque el olvido que todo destruye, haya matado mi vieja ilusión, guarda escondida una esperanza humilde, que es toda la fortuna de mi corazón.

English · machine translation

I guess the flickering of the lights that in the distance are marking my return. They are the same ones that illuminated with their pale reflections, deep hours of pain. And although I did not want to return, one always returns to one's first love. The quiet street where the echo said: 'Yours is his life, yours is his want', under the mocking look of the stars that with indifference today see me return. To return, with withered forehead, the snows of time silvered my temple. To feel, that life is a breath, that twenty years is nothing, how feverish the gaze wandering in the shadows seeks you and names you. To live, with the soul clinging to a sweet memory, that I cry again. I am afraid of the encounter with the past that returns to confront my life. I am afraid of the nights that, full of memories, chain my dreaming. But the traveler who flees sooner or later stops his walk. And even if the oblivion that destroys everything has killed my old illusion, it keeps hidden a humble hope, which is all the fortune of my heart.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues9

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tango.info · 02480002332770-1-1

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tango.info · 08427328131056-1-1

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tango.info · 02480002333500-1-1

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Singers1

Sung by Jorge Casal

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 03:01

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