Song
A la luz del candil · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1954
Osvaldo PuglieseMiguel MonterotangoOdeonWho recorded it
Every version12Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Fresedo, 1927
Pinned at 1954 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Osvaldo Pugliese recordings indexed 1943–1986 · gold: Mature style, 1950–1954
A la luz del candil · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1954 was sung by Miguel Montero.†† A la luz del candil · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1954 is a tango.† A la luz del candil · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1954 lasts 03:03.†
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
11 orchestras recorded it
30 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Carlos Vicente Geroni Flores
- Words
- Julio Navarrine
- Written
- not yet cited · help fill it
- First played
- not yet cited · help fill it
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
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!
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
12 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 10 more we know of
a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to
The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1954, with 50% of the 30 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.
“No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.
Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.
- Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedA la luz del candilOsvaldo PuglieseMiguel MonterotangoOdeon15 dances · 50%1954
- Francisco LomutoA la luz del candilFrancisco LomutoinstrumentaltangoOdeon1 dance · 3%1927
- Rodolfo BiagiA la luz del candilRodolfo BiagiCarlos AcuñatangoOdeon1 dance · 3%1943
- Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdA la luz del candilOsvaldo FresedotangoOdeonNo match yet1927
- Roberto FirpoA la luz del candilRoberto FirpotangoOdeonNo match yet1927
- Francisco CanaroA la luz del candilFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeonNo match yet1927
- Ricardo TanturiA la luz del candilRicardo TanturiCarlos OrtegatangoOdeonNo match yet1937
- Florindo SassoneA la luz del candilFlorindo SassoneJorge CasaltangoRCA VictorNo match yet1948
- José BassoA la luz del candilJosé BassoJorge DurántangoMusic HallNo match yet1962
- Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)A la luz del candilColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)tangoNo match yet2009
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini1927
- Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel · Jul 201927
- Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueAug 51927
- Lorenzo BarberoNot in our catalogueCarlos Del Monte · Jun 161950
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero1951
- Raúl Miguel GarelloNot in our catalogueRoberto Rufino · Nov 91970
- Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
- Ignacio CorsiniNot in our catalogue
- Armando CupoNot in our catalogueMiguel Montero
One recording
A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.
Osvaldo Pugliese
A la luz del candilOsvaldo PuglieseMiguel MonterotangoOdeonCouples filmed dancing this recording · 15 Performances
Recorded the same day
What else Osvaldo Pugliese recorded on Jul 14, 1954.
Danced to it
Music from 1954 · danced on film 2015–2024
2015: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 1, 2019: 2, 2020: 1, 2022: 4, 2024: 1
Where it is danced
The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.
Filmed sets
One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.
The one complete set on film
Rodrigo Fonti and Vigdorova Milagrosa
Planetango, 2019 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced
- 1BuscándoteOrquesta Romantica Milonguera, 2016
- 2Tinta rojaAníbal Troilo, 1971
- 3A la luz del candilOsvaldo Pugliese, 1954
- 4Pensalo bienJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
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Data: recordings, facts and sources
Singers1
Sung by Miguel MonteroJul 14, 1954
In other catalogues11
tango.info · 00094633599727-2-20
tango.info · 00724347389528-1-1
tango.info · 00724382159629-1-3
tango.info · 00724383231027-1-19
tango.info · 02480002334200-1-1
tango.info · 02480002709015-1-1
tango.info · 04024236201204-1-2
tango.info · 04024236201792-1-5
tango.info · 07798108080422-1-9
tango.info · 02480002031451-1-7
tango.info · 02480002201427-1-11
Is a1
Is a tango
Duration1
Duration 03:03
Vocal1
Vocal sung
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