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Sombras nada mas · Francisco Canaro · 1943

Music by Francisco Lomuto, lyrics by José María Contursi. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1974.
1943: 2 · danced 10 times1944: 1 · danced 7 times1966: 1 · danced 0 times1974: 1 · danced 1 times
1943’50’60’701974
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1943: 2, 10; 1944: 1, 7; 1966: 1, 0; 1974: 1, 1

  1. Aníbal Troilo recorded it in 1944 and 1966.

    How we know

    Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.

Sombras nada mas · Francisco Canaro · 1943 was sung by Eduardo Adrian.† Sombras nada mas · Francisco Canaro · 1943 is a tango.† Sombras nada mas · Francisco Canaro · 1943 lasts 02:48.†

Credit

Music
Francisco Lomuto
Lyrics
José María Contursi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1940’50’60’70

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Juan D'ArienzoOsvaldo Ramos · RCA Victor · Dec 11
    1 dance
    1974
  2. Aníbal TroiloAlberto Marino · RCA Victor · Mar 30
    7 dances
    1944
  3. Aníbal TroiloNelly Vázquez · RCA Victor · Apr 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  4. Francisco CanaroEduardo Adrian · Odeon · Nov 25
    2 dances
    1943
  5. Francisco LomutoEarliest we holdMost dancedAlberto Rivera · RCA Victor · Nov 9
    8 dances
    1943
  6. Nelly VázquezNot in our catalogue1940
  7. Alfredo MalerbaNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · Nov 91943
  8. Alfredo De AngelisNot in our catalogueAlberto Cuello · Oct 271964
  9. Martin DarréNot in our catalogueSusy Leiva · Nov 21964
  10. Carlos GarcíaNot in our catalogueArgentino Ledesma1965
  11. Jorge ValdezNot in our catalogue
  12. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  13. Porfirio DíazNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  14. Argentino LedesmaNot in our catalogue
  15. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueJorge Valdez

Lyrics

Español

Quisiera abrir lentamente mis venas... Mi sangre toda vertirla a tus pies... para poderte demostrar que más no puedo amar y entonces... Morir después. Y sin embargo tus ojos azules, ¡azul que tienen el cielo y el mar! viven cerrados para mí sin ver que estoy así... ¡Perdido en mi soledad! ¡Sombras, nada más, acariciando mis manos! ¡Sombras, nada más, en el temblor de mi voz! Pude ser feliz y estoy en vida muriendo y entre lágrimas viviendo los pasajes más horrendos de este drama sin final... ¡Sombras, nada más, entre tu vida y mi vida... Sombras, nada más, entre mi amor y tu amor! Qué breve fue tu presencia en mi hastío, qué tibias fueron tu mano y tu voz. Como luciérnaga llegó tu luz y disipó las sombras de mi rincón... Y me quedé como un duende, temblando sin el azul de tus ojos de mar, que se han cerrado para mí sin ver que estoy así... ¡Perdido en mi soledad!

English · machine translation

I would like to slowly open my veins... My blood all poured out at your feet... so that I can prove to you that I can't love any more and then... To die afterwards. And yet your blue eyes, blue as the sky and the sea! live closed for me without seeing that I am like this... Lost in my loneliness! Shadows, nothing more, caressing my hands! Shadows, nothing more, in the trembling of my voice! I could have been happy and I am in life dying and in tears living the most horrendous passages of this drama without end... Shadows, nothing more, between your life and my life... Shadows, nothing more, between my love and your love! How brief was your presence in my boredom, how lukewarm were your hand and your voice. Like a firefly your light your light came and dissipated the shadows of my corner... And I was left like an elf, trembling without the blue of your sea eyes that have closed for me without seeing that I am like this... Lost in my solitude!

Danced to it

Music from 1943 · danced on film 2009

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In other catalogues7

tango.info · 07798108080743-2-13

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tango.info · 00724383231522-1-12

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tango.info · 00724385901829-1-4

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tango.info · 02480002031000-1-1

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tango.info · 02480002041054-1-11

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tango.info · 05099964049120-5-5

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tango.info · 00724347388729-1-1

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Singers1

Sung by Eduardo Adrian (the catalogue credits Eduardo Adrián)

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 02:48

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Listen

  1. Sombras nada masFrancisco Lomuto · Alberto Rivera1943

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