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Volvió una noche · Francisco Canaro · 1969

Music by Carlos Gardel, lyrics by Alfredo Le Pera. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1935–1975.

Volvió una noche · Francisco Canaro · 1969 was sung by Argentino Ledesma.† Volvió una noche · Francisco Canaro · 1969 is a tango.† Volvió una noche · Francisco Canaro · 1969 lasts 03:35.†

Credit

Music
Carlos Gardel
Lyrics
Alfredo Le Pera

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

  1. Francisco LomutoEarliest we holdJorge Omar · RCA Victor · Jul 191935
  2. Francisco FiorentinoInstrumental · Mar 2019461 dance
  3. Miguel CalóInstrumental · Odeon · Sep 151961
  4. Francisco CanaroArgentino Ledesma · Odeon · Nov 271969
  5. Hugo DiazMost dancedInstrumental19755 dances

Lyrics

Español

Volvió una noche, no la esperaba, había en su rostro tanta ansiedad que tuve pena de recordarle lo que he sufrido con su impiedad. Me dijo humilde: 'Si me perdonas, el tiempo viejo otra vez vendrá. La primavera es nuestra vida, verás que todo nos sonreirá' Mentira, mentira, yo quise decirle, las horas que pasan ya no vuelven más. Y así mi cariño al tuyo enlazado es sólo una mueca del viejo pasado que ya no se puede resucitar. Callé mi amargura y tuve piedad. Sus ojos azules, muy grandes se abrieron, mi pena inaudita pronto comprendieron y con una mueca de mujer vencida me dijo: 'Es la vida'. Y no la vi más. Volvió esa noche, nunca la olvido, con la mirada triste y sin luz. Y tuve miedo de aquel espectro que fue locura en mi juventud. Se fue en silencio, sin un reproche, busqué un espejo y me quise mirar. Había en mi frente tantos inviernos que también ella tuvo piedad.

English · machine translation

She came back one night, I wasn't expecting her, there was so much anxiety in her face that I was sorry to remind her what I have suffered with her impiety. She said to me humbly: 'If you forgive me, the old time will come again. Spring is our life, you will see that everything will smile on us'. Lie, lie, I wanted to tell him, the hours that pass will never come again. And so my affection to yours linked is only a grimace of the old past that can no longer be resurrected. I silenced my bitterness and had pity. Her blue eyes, very large opened, my unheard-of sorrow they soon understood and with a grimace of a defeated woman she said to me: 'It's life'. And I saw her no more. She returned that night, I never forget her, with a sad look and without light. And I was afraid of that specter that was madness in my youth. He left in silence, without a reproach, I looked for a mirror and I wanted to look at myself. There were so many winters on my forehead that she also had pity.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19351975

1935: 1, 1946: 1, 1961: 1, 1969: 1, 1975: 1

In other catalogues2

tango.info · 00094636268927-1-9

Single source

tango.info · 02480002041207-1-12

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Singers1

Sung by Argentino Ledesma

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 03:35

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Listen

  1. Volvió una nocheFrancisco Lomuto · Jorge Omar · no clip yet1935

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