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La luz de un fósforo · Roberto Goyeneche · 1970

Roberto Goyenechesungtango
Music by Alberto Suárez Villanueva, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1969.

Who recorded it

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Earliest we hold: Aníbal Troilo, 1943

  1. Aníbal TroiloAlberto Marino1943
  2. Horacio SalganEdmundo Rivero1969

Pinned at 1970 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Roberto Goyeneche recordings indexed 1968–1980

The song

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2 orchestras recorded it

21 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alberto Suárez Villanueva
Words
Enrique Cadícamo
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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Nos encontramos, tú y yo, y a conversar nos detuvimos. Un algo raro tenías cuando callabas, cuando reías... La esgrima sentimental al fin surgió la tarde aquella. Después... ¡qué poco quedó! El viento todo lo llevó... La luz de un fósforo fue nuestro amor pasajero. Duró tan poco... lo sé... como el fulgor que da un lucero... La luz de un fósforo fue, nada más, nuestro idilio. Otra ilusión que se va del corazón y que no vuelve más. En todo, siempre el color es del cristal con que se mira. De rosa, yo te veía, cuando callabas, cuando reías. Después, con otro cristal, cambió el color y ya no eras... La vida es toda ilusión y un prisma es el corazón.

English · machine translation

We meet, you and I, and to talk we stopped. There was something strange about you when you were silent, when you laughed... Sentimental fencing finally emerged that afternoon. Afterwards... how little was left! The wind carried it all away... The light of a match was our fleeting love. It lasted as little... I know... as the glow of a star... The light of a match was, nothing more, our idyll. Another illusion that leaves from the heart and never comes back. In everything, always the color is of the glass with which you look at it. In pink, I saw you when you were silent, when you laughed. Later, with a different glass, the color changed and you were no longer... Life is all illusion and a prism is the heart.

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The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1943 to 1969.
1940’50’60
Recordings of La luz de un fósforo · Roberto Goyeneche · 1970 by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 7 more we know of

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  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedLa luz de un fósforoAníbal TroiloAlberto MarinotangoRCA Victor
    21 dances
    1943
  2. Horacio SalganLa luz de un fósforoHoracio SalganEdmundo RiverotangoPhilips
    No match yet
    1969
  3. Ruth DuranteNot in our catalogue1965
  4. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · May 71970
  5. Horacio SalgánNot in our catalogueMar 71981
  6. Floreal RuízNot in our catalogue
  7. Roberto GoyenecheNot in our catalogue
  8. Ruth DuranteNot in our catalogue
  9. María VolontéNot in our catalogue

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  1. La luz de un fósforoAníbal TroiloAlberto Marino

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