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A mis manos · Alfredo Gobbi · 1955

Alfredo GobbiAlfredo del Riomilonga
Music by Alfredo Gobbi, lyrics by Julio Camilloni. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1955–1955.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Alfredo Gobbi, 1955

  1. Alfredo GobbiAlfredo Del Rio1955
  2. Héctor VarelaArgentino Ledesma1955

Pinned at 1955 · Nuevo 1955–1984 · Alfredo Gobbi recordings indexed 1947–1958

The song

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2 orchestras recorded it

2 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Alfredo Gobbi
Words
Julio Camilloni
Written
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

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Mis manos nacieron ciegas y acunan sus locos sueños. No saben que no se puede tocar con ellas el cielo. Por eso golpearon puertas que a mis golpes no se abrieron. Ella ya estaba lejana y yo fui un mendigo ciego. Mis manos fueron dos llamas y solas se consumieron porque ella fue indiferente como una estatua de hielo. Por eso las tengo ahora como si fueran de yeso, dos manos desesperadas, aferradas a un recuerdo. ¡Ay, cómo se equivocaron las ciegas manos que tengo! Mis manos puse en las manos de un amigo y tuve miedo. No fueron manos leales, se cumplió el presentimiento. La vez que se hicieron puño fueron dos puños de acero y me golpearon el rostro por no golpear rostro ajeno. ¡Ay, cómo se equivocaron las ciegas manos que tengo! Soldado del infortunio llevo un brazalete negro. ¡Se llevaron a mi madre y ellas no la detuvieron! Fue el error más lamentable que mis manos cometieron... Ayudaron a llevarla... ¡Nunca sabrán lo que han hecho! ¡Ay, cómo se equivocaron las ciegas manos que tengo!

English · machine translation

My hands were born blind and cradle their crazy dreams. They don't know that you can't touch the sky with them. That's why they knocked on doors that didn't open to my knocks. She was already far away and I was a blind beggar. My hands were two flames and alone they were consumed because she was indifferent like a statue of ice. That's why I have them now as if they were made of plaster, two desperate hands, clinging to a memory. Oh, how the blind hands I have the blind hands I have! I put my hands in the hands of a friend and I was afraid. They were not loyal hands, the presentiment was fulfilled. The time they became a fist they were two fists of steel and they hit my face for not hitting someone else's face. Oh, how the blind hands I have the blind hands that I have! Soldier of misfortune I wear a black armband. They took my mother and they didn't stop her! It was the most regrettable mistake my hands ever made... They helped to take her... They will never know what they have done! Oh, how the blind hands I have the blind hands I have!

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1955 to 1955.
1950
Recordings of A mis manos · Alfredo Gobbi · 1955 by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of

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  1. Alfredo GobbiEarliest we holdMost dancedA mis manosAlfredo GobbiAlfredo Del Riomilonga
    2 dances
    1955
  2. Héctor VarelaA mis manosHéctor VarelaArgentino Ledesmamilonga
    No match yet
    1955
  3. Alfredo J. GobbiNot in our catalogueAlfredo del Río · Mar 281955
  4. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueAlberto Marino · May 191955
  5. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueJorge Casal

One recording

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Alfredo Gobbi

A mis manosAlfredo GobbiAlfredo Del Riomilonga

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Recorded the same day

What else Alfredo Gobbi recorded on Mar 28, 1955.

  1. Por una muñecaAlfredo GobbiAlfredo Del Riotango

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