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Malena · Quintin Verdu · 1950

Music by Lucio Demare, lyrics by Homero Manzi. 15 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–2001.

Credit

Music
Lucio Demare
Lyrics
Homero Manzi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

15 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 31 more we know of

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Jan 8
    22 dances
    1942
  2. Lucio DemareMost dancedJuan Carlos Miranda · Odeon · Jan 23
    48 dances
    1942
  3. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueAzucena Maizani1942
  4. Quintin VerduLucio Lamberto · Dec 12
    Not danced on film yet
    1950
  5. Lucio DemareHéctor Alvarado · Columbia · Sep 20
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  6. Puglia-PedrozaFrancisco Fiorentino
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  7. Aníbal TroiloRaúl Berón · TK
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  8. Francisco CanaroJuan Carlos Rolon · Odeon · Aug 2
    2 dances
    1955
  9. Lucio DemareInstrumental · Disc Jockey
    Not danced on film yet
    1957
  10. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero1961
  11. Miguel CalóRaúl del Mar, Héctor Gagliardi, Roberto Luque · Odeon Colombia
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  12. Miguel CalóRoberto Luque · Odeon Colombia
    Not danced on film yet
    1965
  13. Roberto GoyenecheInstrumental · Apr 10
    16 dances
    1968
  14. Lucio DemareNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Jul 301968
  15. Hugo DiazInstrumental
    12 dances
    1972
  16. Osvaldo PuglieseInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 11
    23 dances
    1974
  17. Rosanna FalascaNot in our catalogue1982
  18. Rosaura SilvestreNot in our catalogue1995
  19. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)Instrumental
    9 dances
    1998
  20. Alfredo MarcucciNot in our catalogueRamón Regueira1998

Lyrics

Español

Malena canta el tango como ninguna y en cada verso pone su corazón. A yuyo del suburbio su voz perfuma, Malena tiene pena de bandoneón. Tal vez allá en la infancia su voz de alondra tomó ese tono oscuro de callejón, o acaso aquel romance que sólo nombra cuando se pone triste con el alcohol. Malena canta el tango con voz de sombra, Malena tiene pena de bandoneón. Tu canción tiene el frío del último encuentro. Tu canción se hace amarga en la sal del recuerdo. Yo no sé si tu voz es la flor de una pena, sólo sé que al rumor de tus tangos, Malena, te siento más buena, más buena que yo. Tus ojos son oscuros como el olvido, tus labios apretados como el rencor, tus manos dos palomas que sienten frío, tus venas tienen sangre de bandoneón. Tus tangos son criaturas abandonadas que cruzan sobre el barro del callejón, cuando todas las puertas están cerradas y ladran los fantasmas de la canción. Malena canta el tango con voz quebrada, Malena tiene pena de bandoneón.

English · machine translation

Malena sings tango like no other and in each verse she puts her heart. Her voice is perfumed with the scent of the suburbs, Malena has the sorrow of a bandoneon. Maybe back in her childhood her lark's voice took that dark tone of the alley, or perhaps that romance that she only mentions when she gets sad with alcohol. Malena sings the tango with a shadowy voice, Malena has the sorrow of a bandoneon. Your song has the cold of the last encounter. Your song becomes bitter in the salt of memory. I do not know if your voice is the flower of a sorrow, I only know that to the murmur of your tangos, Malena, I feel you better, better than me. Your eyes are dark as oblivion, your lips tight as rancor, your hands two doves that feel cold, your veins have bandoneon blood. Your tangos are abandoned creatures that cross over the mud of the alley, when all the doors are closed and the ghosts of the song bark. Malena sings the tango with a broken voice, Malena has the sorrow of a bandoneon.

What we don't know yet4 of 5 known

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Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19422001

1942: 2, 1950: 1, 1951: 2, 1952: 1, 1955: 1, 1957: 1, 1965: 2, 1968: 1, 1972: 1, 1974: 1, 1998: 1, 2001: 1

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  1. MalenaAníbal Troilo · Francisco Fiorentino1942

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