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Al verla pasar · Manuel Buzon · 1942

Manuel BuzonAmadeo Mandarinotango
Music by Joaquín Mora, lyrics by José María Contursi. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1942.

Pinned at 1942 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Manuel Buzon recordings indexed 1942–1943

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

74 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Joaquín Mora
Words
José María Contursi
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Ayer al verla pasar me convencí que no es posible volver y comprendí que todo se ha terminado, que somos sombras de aquel pasado. Con cuánta pena miré lo que creí sería mi salvación... ¡Pobre de mí! Y en esa duda terrible de hablarla o no hablarla mis pasos volví... Pobrecita, ¡qué vieja y pálida estaba! Sin brillo sus negros ojos miraban... La vida quiso ensañarse con ella... ¡Pensar que fue tan bella y que hoy el mundo la olvida! Si supiera que yo también he cambiado, que tengo el corazón destrozado, que a veces hasta en matarme he pensado, pues todo, todo, todo ha muerto ya para mí... Después temblando me fui de aquel lugar con unas ansias tan grandes de llorar... Enloquecido de pena, frío en el alma, hielo en las venas... Y anduve, así, sin saber adónde ir, sintiendo risas y burlas junto a mí. . . Y hoy, al saberme perdido, sin fuerzas, vencido, no puedo vivir...

English · machine translation

Yesterday, as I watched her pass by, I was convinced that it is not possible to return and I understood that everything is over, that we are shadows of that past. With how much sorrow I looked at what I believed would be my salvation... Woe is me! And in that terrible doubt to speak it or not to speak it I turned my steps... Poor thing, how old and pale she was! Dull and dull her black eyes looked... Life wanted to be cruel to her... To think that she was so beautiful And today the world forgets her! If she only knew that I have changed too, that I have that my heart is broken, that sometimes I've even thought of killing myself, for everything, everything, everything has already died for me... Then, trembling, I left that place with such a great desire to cry... Mad with grief, cold in my soul, ice in my veins... And I walked, like that, without knowing where to go.., feeling laughter and mockery beside me. . . . And today, knowing I am lost, without strength, defeated, I cannot live...

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1942 to 1942.
1940
Recordings of Al verla pasar · Manuel Buzon · 1942 by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 4 more we know of

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

The leader is Pedro Laurenz, 1942, with 96% of the 74 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. Pedro LaurenzEarliest we holdMost dancedAl verla pasarPedro LaurenzMartin PodestátangoRCA Victor
    71 dances · 96%
    1942
  2. Manuel BuzonAl verla pasarManuel BuzonAmadeo Mandarinotango
    3 dances · 4%
    1942
  3. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Palacios · Apr 131942
  4. Héctor StamponiNot in our catalogueJorge Vidal1958
  5. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueAlberto Podestá1973
  6. Héctor StamponiNot in our catalogueJorge Vidal

One recording

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Manuel Buzon

Al verla pasarManuel BuzonAmadeo Mandarinotango

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 3 Performances

Vladimir Makhalov3:21

Danced to it

Music from 1942 · danced on film 2011–2018

20112018
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 1, 2018: 1

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