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El adiós · Edgardo Donato · 1938

Edgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor
Music by Maruja Pacheco Huergo, lyrics by Virgilio San Clemente. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1938–2014.

Pinned at 1938 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Edgardo Donato recordings indexed 1930–1961

The work

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Music
Maruja Pacheco Huergo
Lyrics
Virgilio San Clemente

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Recordings

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The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1938 to 2014.

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Recordings of El adiós · Edgardo Donato · 1938 by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 12 more we know of

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1963, with 56% of the 419 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

24 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “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. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedEl adiósOsvaldo PuglieseJorge MacieltangoPhilips
    234 dances · 56%
    1963
  2. Edgardo DonatoEl adiósEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor
    137 dances · 33%
    1938
  3. Ángel VargasEl adiósÁngel Vargassinger unknowntangoRCA Victor
    27 dances · 6%
    1954
  4. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdEl adiósFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidatangoOdeon
    17 dances · 4%
    1938
  5. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)El adiósColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)Roberto Decarretango
    4 dances · <1%
    2014
  6. Orquesta Típica SilencioEl adiósOrquesta Típica SilencioOmar Fernándeztango
    No match yet
    2014
  7. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue1938
  8. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogue1938
  9. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueHugo del Carril1938
  10. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini · Feb 31938
  11. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini · Mar 151938
  12. Armando LacavaNot in our catalogueÁngel Vargas · Jan 281954
  13. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue1973
  14. Rosaura SilvestreNot in our catalogue1995
  15. Ángel CárdenasNot in our catalogue
  16. Ignacio CorsiniNot in our catalogue
  17. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue
  18. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini

Lyrics

Español

En la tarde que en sombras se moría, buenamente nos dimos el adiós; mi tristeza profunda no veías y al marcharte sonreíamos los dos. Y la desolación, mirándote partir, quebraba de emoción mi pobre voz... El sueño más feliz, moría en el adiós y el cielo para mí se obscureció. En vano el alma con voz velada volcó en la noche la pena... Sólo un silencio profundo y grave lloraba en mi corazón. Sobre el tiempo transcurrido vives siempre en mí, y estos campos que nos vieron juntos sonreír me preguntan si el olvido me curó de ti. Y entre los vientos se van mis quejas muriendo en ecos, buscándote... mientras que lejos otros brazos y otros besos te aprisionan y me dicen que ya nunca has de volver. Cuando vuelva a lucir la primavera, y los campos se pinten de color, otra vez el dolor y los recuerdos de nostalgias llenarán mi corazón. Las aves poblarán de trinos el lugar y el cielo volcará su claridad... Pero mi corazón en sombras vivirá y el ala del dolor te llamará. En vano el alma dirá a la luna con voz velada la pena... Y habrá un silencio profundo y grave llorando en mi corazón.

English · machine translation

In the afternoon that was dying in shadows, we said good-bye to each other; my deep sadness you did not see and when you left, we both smiled. And the desolation, watching you go, broke my poor voice with emotion... The happiest dream, died in the goodbye and the sky darkened for me. In vain the soul with veiled voice poured into the night the sorrow... Only a silence deep and grave cried in my heart. Over the time that has passed you live always in me, and these fields that saw us together smile ask me if oblivion cured me of you. And among the winds my complaints go away dying in echoes, searching for you... while far away other arms and other kisses imprison you and tell me that you will never come back. When the spring comes again and the fields are painted with color, again the pain and the memories of nostalgia will fill my heart. The birds will populate the place with trills and the sky will overturn its clarity... But my heart will live in shadows and the wing of pain will call you. In vain the soul will say to the moon with veiled voice the sorrow... And there will be a silence deep and grave crying in my heart.

The versions dancers use

Music from 1938 · danced on film 2006–2026

20062026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2006: 1, 2007: 3, 2008: 5, 2009: 7, 2010: 13, 2011: 7, 2012: 11, 2013: 7, 2014: 9, 2015: 4, 2016: 6, 2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2019: 3, 2022: 1, 2023: 6, 2026: 4

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. El BesoBalvanera
    2 performances
  2. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
  3. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance
  4. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    1 performance

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1La milonga de Buenos AiresQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro), 1947 · danced together in 4 Performances
  2. 2Viejo portónRodolfo Biagi, 1938 · danced together in 3 Performances
  3. 3La brujaJuan D'Arienzo, 1959 · danced together in 2 Performances
  4. 4Una fijaCarlos Di Sarli, 1954 · danced together in 2 Performances
  5. 5EmancipaciónOsvaldo Pugliese, 1955 · danced together in 2 Performances
  6. 6A mis compañerosOsvaldo Pugliese, 1956 · danced together in 2 Performances
  7. 7PregoneraOsvaldo Pugliese, 1961 · danced together in 2 Performances
  8. 8El vals soñadorMiguel Caló, 1942 · danced together in 2 Performances
  9. 9Reliquias porteñasFrancisco Canaro, 1938 · danced together in 2 Performances
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