Song
A la luz del candil · Ricardo Tanturi · 1937
A la luz del candil · Ricardo Tanturi · 1937 was sung by Carlos Ortega.†
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Recordings by year
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
1927: 4, 1937: 1, 1943: 1, 1948: 1, 1952: 1, 1954: 1, 1956: 1, 1962: 1, 2009: 1
Credit
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.
¿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 recording
12 recordings by year · source: TangoCloud catalogue
- A la luz del candilOsvaldo Fresedo1927
- A la luz del candilRoberto Firpo1927
- A la luz del candilFrancisco Lomuto1927
- A la luz del candilFrancisco Canaro1927
- A la luz del candilRicardo Tanturi · Carlos Ortega1937
- A la luz del candilRodolfo Biagi · Carlos Acuña1943
- A la luz del candilFlorindo Sassone · Jorge Casal1948
- A la luz del candilCarlos Di Sarli · Mario Pomar1952
- A la luz del candilOsvaldo Pugliese · Miguel Montero1954
- A la luz del candilCarlos Di Sarli · Jorge Durán1956
- A la luz del candilJosé Basso · Jorge Durán1962
- A la luz del candilColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)2009
In other catalogues5
tango.info · 02480002041917-1-2Single source
tango.info · 02480002003717-1-2Single source
tango.info · 02480002152491-1-2Single source
tango.info · 02480002102984-1-2Single source
tango.info · 02480002121626-1-2Single source
Singers1
Sung by Carlos OrtegaSingle source
Is a1
Is a tangoSingle source
Duration1
Duration 02:39Single source
Notes1
Tanturi's debut year (his band grew out of medical school); a morbid lyric about a gaucho who stabs his unfaithful woman and her lover, then confesses, carrying their hair and heart in his bag.Single source
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