Song
A la luz del candil · Rodolfo Biagi · 1943
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
- Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdInstrumental · Odeon · May 29Not danced on film yet1927
- Roberto FirpoInstrumental · Odeon · Jun 11Not danced on film yet1927
- Francisco LomutoInstrumental · Odeon · Aug 81 dance1927
- Francisco CanaroInstrumental · Odeon · Aug 20Not danced on film yet1927
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini · tango.info1927
- Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Jul 20 · tango.info1927
- Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Aug 5 · tango.info1927
- Ricardo TanturiCarlos Ortega · Odeon · Jun 23Not danced on film yet1937
- Rodolfo BiagiCarlos Acuña · Odeon · Mar 3Not danced on film yet1943
- Florindo SassoneJorge Casal · RCA Victor · Mar 23Not danced on film yet1948
- Lorenzo BarberoNot in our catalogueCarlos Del Monte · Jun 16 · tango.info1950
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero · tango.info1951
- Carlos Di SarliMario Pomar · Music Hall · Sep 15Not danced on film yet1952
- Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedMiguel Montero · Odeon · Jul 1415 dances1954
- Carlos Di SarliJorge Durán · RCA Victor · Sep 2712 dances1956
- José BassoJorge Durán · Music HallNot danced on film yet1962
- Raúl Miguel GarelloNot in our catalogueRoberto Rufino · Nov 9 · tango.info1970
- Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)InstrumentalNot danced on film yet2009
- Edmundo RiveroNot in our cataloguetango.info
- Ignacio CorsiniNot in our cataloguetango.info
Lyrics
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¿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
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
Single sourcetango.info · 00724352911127-1-2
Single sourcetango.info · 02480002110422-1-18
Single sourcetango.info · 04024236200788-1-9
Single sourcetango.info · 02480002700098-2-1
Single sourcetango.info · 00724382855828-1-2
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