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A la luz del candil · Rodolfo Biagi · 1943

Music by Carlos Vicente Geroni Flores, lyrics by Julio Navarrine. 12 recordings in our catalogue, 1927–2009.

A la luz del candil · Rodolfo Biagi · 1943 was sung by Carlos Acuña.† A la luz del candil · Rodolfo Biagi · 1943 is a tango.† A la luz del candil · Rodolfo Biagi · 1943 lasts 02:38.†

Credit

Music
Carlos Vicente Geroni Flores
Lyrics
Julio Navarrine

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

  1. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · May 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  2. Roberto FirpoInstrumental · Odeon · Jun 11
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  3. Francisco LomutoInstrumental · Odeon · Aug 8
    1 dance
    1927
  4. Francisco CanaroInstrumental · Odeon · Aug 20
    Not danced on film yet
    1927
  5. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini · tango.info1927
  6. Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Jul 20 · tango.info1927
  7. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Aug 5 · tango.info1927
  8. Ricardo TanturiCarlos Ortega · Odeon · Jun 23
    Not danced on film yet
    1937
  9. Rodolfo BiagiCarlos Acuña · Odeon · Mar 3
    Not danced on film yet
    1943
  10. Florindo SassoneJorge Casal · RCA Victor · Mar 23
    Not danced on film yet
    1948
  11. Lorenzo BarberoNot in our catalogueCarlos Del Monte · Jun 16 · tango.info1950
  12. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero · tango.info1951
  13. Carlos Di SarliMario Pomar · Music Hall · Sep 15
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  14. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedMiguel Montero · Odeon · Jul 14
    15 dances
    1954
  15. Carlos Di SarliJorge Durán · RCA Victor · Sep 27
    12 dances
    1956
  16. José BassoJorge Durán · Music Hall
    Not danced on film yet
    1962
  17. Raúl Miguel GarelloNot in our catalogueRoberto Rufino · Nov 9 · tango.info1970
  18. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)Instrumental
    Not danced on film yet
    2009
  19. Edmundo RiveroNot in our cataloguetango.info
  20. Ignacio CorsiniNot in our cataloguetango.info

Lyrics

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

¿Me da su permiso, señor comisario? Disculpe si vengo tan mal entrazao, yo soy forastero y he caido al Rosario, trayendo en los tientos un güen entripao. Acaso usted piense que soy un , yo soy gaucho honrado a carta cabal, no soy un borracho ni soy un cuatrero; ¡Señor comisario... yo soy criminal!... ¡Arrésteme, sargento, y póngame cadenas!... ¡Si soy un delincuente, que me perdone Dios! Yo he sido un criollo güeno, me llamo Alberto Arenas. ¡Señor... me traicionaban, y los maté a los dos! Mi china fue malvada, mi amigo era un ; cuando me fui a otro pago me basureó la infiel. Las pruebas de la infamia las traigo en la maleta: ¡las trenzas de mi china y el corazón de él! ¡Párese, sargento, que no me retobo!... Yo quiero que sepan la verdad de a mil... La noche era oscura como boca'e lobo; Testigo, solito, la luz de un candil. Total, casi nada: un beso en la sombra... Dos cuerpos cayeron, y una maldición; y allí, comisario, si usted no se asombra, yo encontré dos vainas para mi . ¡Arrésteme, sargento, y póngame cadenas!... ¡Si soy un delincuente, que me perdone Dios!

English · machine translation

May I have your permission, Commissioner? Forgive me if I come so badly dressed, I'm a stranger and I've fallen into the Rosary,.., bringing a good entrapao on my harness. Perhaps you think I'm a thug, I'm a full-fledged gaucho, I'm not a drunkard nor am I a rustler; Mr. Commissioner... I am a criminal!... Arrest me, sergeant, and put me in chains!... If I am a criminal, may God forgive me! I've been a good Creole, my name is Alberto Arenas. Sir... they betrayed me, and I killed them both! My Chinese was evil, my friend was a sotreta; when I went to another payment I was mocked by the infidel. The proofs of the infamy I bring them in my suitcase: my Chinese woman's braids and his heart! Stop it, sergeant, I'm not going to dare!... I want you to know the truth a thousand times over.... The night was as dark as a wolf's mouth; Witness, alone, the light of a candle. All in all, almost nothing: a kiss in the shadow... Two bodies fell, and a curse; and there, commissioner, if you are not astonished, I found two sheaths for my facon. Arrest me, sergeant, and put me in chains!... If I am a criminal, may God forgive me!

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19272009

1927: 4, 1937: 1, 1943: 1, 1948: 1, 1952: 1, 1954: 1, 1956: 1, 1962: 1, 2009: 1

In other catalogues6

tango.info · 07798108081016-1-2

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tango.info · 00724352911127-1-2

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tango.info · 02480002110422-1-18

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tango.info · 04024236200788-1-9

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tango.info · 02480002700098-2-1

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tango.info · 00724382855828-1-2

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Singers1

Sung by Carlos Acuña

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Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 02:38

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Audio feature 126.0

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  1. A la luz del candilOsvaldo Fresedo1927

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