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Si yo pudiera comprender · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1944

Osvaldo FresedoOscar SerpatangoRCA Victor
Music by Miguel Caló, lyrics by Oscar Rubens. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–2020.

Who recorded it

Every version3

Earliest we hold: Miguel Caló, 1944

  1. Miguel CalóRaúl Iriarte1944
  2. Osvaldo FresedoOscar Serpa1944
  3. Orquesta Típica Sans SouciEmiliano Castignola2020

Pinned at 1944 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Osvaldo Fresedo recordings indexed 1926–1980 · gold: With Serpa, 1942–1946

Si yo pudiera comprender · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1944 was sung by Oscar Serpa.† Si yo pudiera comprender · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1944 is a tango.† Si yo pudiera comprender · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1944 lasts 02:47.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

3 orchestras recorded it

41 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Miguel Caló
Words
Oscar Rubens
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Viéndote alejar te supliqué Mas todo en vano fue ... Ya no me amabas. Junto con la frase del adiós Moría aquel amor Que tanto idolatré. La noche fue invadiendo el alma mía Y en esta oscuridad me pregunté: ¿Qué es lo que faltó? ¿Qué no te di? Si sólo para ti Vivía yo, corazón. Si yo pudiera comprender Qué razón te alejó, Si yo pudiera comprender ¿Por qué? ¿Por qué he perdido tu querer? ¿Por qué? La vida, el alma, el corazón Daría por tu amor, Tu amor que ya no está... Por eso en esta soledad Pienso aún, qué pasó? Ya no alumbra el sol en mi vivir Y siento que sin ti La vida es triste... Tanto te entregué mi corazón Que sólo me quedó Despojos nada más... Mis ojos quieren verte a cada instante ... Y sólo puedo ver mi gran dolor... Tanto que te amé... ¿Y para qué? Si al fin, al fin, ¡Ya ves! Sufriendo estoy por tu amor.

English · machine translation

Seeing you go away I begged you But all in vain ... You no longer loved me. Together with the farewell phrase That love died That I idolized so much. The night was invading my soul And in this darkness I asked myself: What was missing, what didn't I give you? If only for you I lived, my heart. If I could understand What reason drove you away, If I could understand Why? Why have I lost your love? Why? My life, my soul, my heart I would give for your love, Your love that is no more... That's why in this loneliness I still think, what happened? The sun no longer shines on my life And I feel that without you Life is sad... I gave you my heart so much That all that's left for me Nothing more than scraps... My eyes want to see you at every moment ... And I can only see my great pain... So much I loved you... And for what? If at last, at last, you see! I'm suffering for your love.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 3 recordings of this song by 3 orchestras, 1944 to 2020.
1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20
Recordings of Si yo pudiera comprender · Osvaldo Fresedo · 1944 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

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Miguel Caló, 1944, with 90% of the 41 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.

  1. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdMost dancedSi yo pudiera comprenderMiguel CalóRaúl IriartetangoOdeon
    37 dances · 90%
    1944
  2. Orquesta Típica Sans SouciSi yo pudiera comprenderOrquesta Típica Sans SouciEmiliano Castignolatango
    4 dances · 10%
    2020
  3. Osvaldo FresedoSi yo pudiera comprenderOsvaldo FresedoOscar SerpatangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1944

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Osvaldo Fresedo

Si yo pudiera comprenderOsvaldo FresedoOscar SerpatangoRCA Victor

No couple filmed dancing this recording yet

Recorded the same day

What else Osvaldo Fresedo recorded on Jul 31, 1944.

  1. GrisetaOsvaldo FresedoinstrumentaltangoRCA Victor

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues4

tango.info · 02480002701613-2-1

tango.info · 02480002043904-1-19

tango.info · 02480002002819-1-17

tango.info · 02480002102960-1-13

Singers1

Sung by Oscar Serpa

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:47

Audio feature15

Audio feature 120.2

Audio feature 0.925

Audio feature C

Audio feature minor

Audio feature 0.858

Audio feature -22.5

Audio feature 0.315

Audio feature 0.134

Audio feature 0.281

Audio feature 0.001

Audio feature 0.0

Audio feature 0.719

Audio feature 121.2

Audio feature 60.6

Audio feature step

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Si yo pudiera comprenderMiguel CalóRaúl Iriarte

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