Song
A mis manos · Alfredo Gobbi · 1955
Alfredo GobbiAlfredo del RiomilongaWho recorded it
Every version2Earliest we hold: Alfredo Gobbi, 1955
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!
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2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of
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- Alfredo GobbiEarliest we holdMost dancedA mis manosAlfredo GobbiAlfredo Del Riomilonga2 dances1955
- Héctor VarelaA mis manosHéctor VarelaArgentino LedesmamilongaNo match yet1955
- Alfredo J. GobbiNot in our catalogueAlfredo del Río · Mar 281955
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueAlberto Marino · May 191955
- -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueJorge Casal
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Alfredo Gobbi
A mis manosAlfredo GobbiAlfredo Del RiomilongaNo couple filmed dancing this recording yet
Recorded the same day
What else Alfredo Gobbi recorded on Mar 28, 1955.
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- EntrySin madre · Alfredo Gobbi · 1956Recording
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- EntryLágrimas de sangre · Alfredo Gobbi · 1955Recording
- EntryUn tango para Chaplin · Alfredo Gobbi · 1956Recording
- EntryEl inquilino · Alfredo Gobbi · 1956Recording
- EntryEl hijo cruel · Alfredo Gobbi · 1954Recording
- EntryDame tiempo · Alfredo Gobbi · 1958Recording
- EntryA media luz · Alfredo Gobbi · 1955Recording
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