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Manos adoradas · Miguel Caló · 1952

Miguel CalóJuan Carlos FabrivalsOdeon
Music by Roberto Rufino, lyrics by Horacio Sanguinetti. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1952–1952.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Miguel Caló, 1952

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseAlberto Morán1952
  2. Miguel CalóJuan Carlos Fabri1952
  3. Orquesta Francini-PontierPablo Moreno1952

Pinned at 1952 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Miguel Caló recordings indexed 1933–1972 · 2 applied periods in gold

Manos adoradas · Miguel Caló · 1952 was sung by Juan Carlos Fabri.† Manos adoradas · Miguel Caló · 1952 is a vals.† Manos adoradas · Miguel Caló · 1952 lasts 02:11.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

9 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Roberto Rufino
Words
Horacio Sanguinetti
Written
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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Las manos que yo quiero, las manos que venero, no son color de rosa ni tienen palidez. Sus dedos no parecen diez gemas nacaradas, tampoco están pintadas ni tienen altivez. Son manos arrugadas, tal vez la más humildes y están cual hojas secas de tanto trabajar. Son estas manos santas las manos de mi madre, aquellas que me dieron con todo amor el pan. Las manos que yo quiero, las manos de mi madre, ligeras como aves volando siempre van. Las manos de mi madre por ágiles dichosas, si no hacen siempre algo tranquilas nunca están. Por rústicas y viejas, ¡qué bellas son sus manos! Lavando tanta ropa, cortando tanto pan. Corriendo por la casa, la mesa acariciando, buscando en el descanso la aguja y el dedal. Las manos que trajeron la lámpara a mi cama, tapándome la espalda en el invierno cruel. Que cuando estuve triste mis lágrimas secaron, que cuando estuve enfermo, acariciándome. ¡Oh, manos adoradas! ¡Oh, manos llenas de alma! En ellas yo quisiera mi frente refugiar, y tristemente digo: ¡qué lejos que se encuentran, qué lejos de mi angustia y de mi soledad!

English · machine translation

The hands that I love, the hands that I revere, are not rose-colored and pale. Their fingers do not look like ten pearly gems, nor are they painted or haughty. They are wrinkled hands, perhaps the humblest of hands and they are like dry leaves from so much work. These holy hands are my mother's hands, those that gave me with all love the bread. The hands I love, my mother's hands, light as birds, always flying. My mother's hands for agile blissful, if they don't always do something quiet, they never are. Rustic and old, how beautiful are her hands! Washing so many clothes, cutting so much bread. Running through the house, caressing the table, Looking for the needle and thimble in the rest. The hands that brought the lamp to my bed, covering my back in the cruel winter. That when I was sad my tears dried, that when I was sick, caressing me. Oh, adored hands! Oh, hands full of soul! In them I would like to take refuge my forehead, and sadly I say: how far they are, how far from my anguish and my loneliness!

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1952 to 1952.
1950
Recordings of Manos adoradas · Miguel Caló · 1952 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 · 5 more we know of

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  1. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedManos adoradasOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MoránvalsOdeon
    9 dances
    1952
  2. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdManos adoradasMiguel CalóJuan Carlos FabrivalsOdeon
    No match yet
    1952
  3. Orquesta Francini-PontierManos adoradasOrquesta Francini-PontierPablo Morenovals
    No match yet
    1952
  4. Roberto CalóNot in our catalogueAlberto Santillán1951
  5. Ismael SpitalnikNot in our catalogueAldo Calderón · Oct 241952
  6. Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our cataloguePablo Moreno · Dec 101952
  7. Roberto CalóNot in our catalogueAlberto Santillán
  8. Armando CupoNot in our catalogueRoberto Rufino

One recording

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Miguel Caló

Manos adoradasMiguel CalóJuan Carlos FabrivalsOdeon

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In other catalogues7

tango.info · 02480002102601-1-28

tango.info · 07896423120738-1-18

tango.info · 08427328140171-1-17

tango.info · 08427328146050-2-15

tango.info · 00094637917725-1-13

tango.info · 08427328149013-4-5

tango.info · 02480002043492-1-17

Singers1

Is a1

Is a vals

Duration1

Duration 02:11

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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