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Sombras nada mas · Francisco Lomuto · 1943

Music by Francisco Lomuto, lyrics by José María Contursi. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–1974.

Sombras nada mas · Francisco Lomuto · 1943 was sung by Alberto Rivera.† Sombras nada mas · Francisco Lomuto · 1943 is a tango.† Sombras nada mas · Francisco Lomuto · 1943 lasts 02:57.†

Credit

Music
Francisco Lomuto
Lyrics
José María Contursi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 10 more we know of

  1. Nelly VázquezNot in our cataloguetango.info1940
  2. Francisco LomutoEarliest we holdMost dancedAlberto Rivera · RCA Victor · Nov 9
    8 dances
    1943
  3. Francisco CanaroEduardo Adrian · Odeon · Nov 25
    2 dances
    1943
  4. Alfredo MalerbaNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · Nov 9 · tango.info1943
  5. Aníbal TroiloAlberto Marino · RCA Victor · Mar 30
    7 dances
    1944
  6. Alfredo De AngelisNot in our catalogueAlberto Cuello · Oct 27 · tango.info1964
  7. Martin DarréNot in our catalogueSusy Leiva · Nov 2 · tango.info1964
  8. Carlos GarcíaNot in our catalogueArgentino Ledesma · tango.info1965
  9. Aníbal TroiloNelly Vázquez · RCA Victor · Apr 1
    Not danced on film yet
    1966
  10. Juan D'ArienzoOsvaldo Ramos · RCA Victor · Dec 11
    1 dance
    1974
  11. Jorge ValdezNot in our cataloguetango.info
  12. Libertad LamarqueNot in our cataloguetango.info
  13. Porfirio DíazNot in our catalogueInstrumental · tango.info
  14. Argentino LedesmaNot in our cataloguetango.info
  15. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueJorge Valdez · tango.info

Lyrics

Español

Quisiera abrir lentamente mis venas... Mi sangre toda vertirla a tus pies... para poderte demostrar que más no puedo amar y entonces... Morir después. Y sin embargo tus ojos azules, ¡azul que tienen el cielo y el mar! viven cerrados para mí sin ver que estoy así... ¡Perdido en mi soledad! ¡Sombras, nada más, acariciando mis manos! ¡Sombras, nada más, en el temblor de mi voz! Pude ser feliz y estoy en vida muriendo y entre lágrimas viviendo los pasajes más horrendos de este drama sin final... ¡Sombras, nada más, entre tu vida y mi vida... Sombras, nada más, entre mi amor y tu amor! Qué breve fue tu presencia en mi hastío, qué tibias fueron tu mano y tu voz. Como luciérnaga llegó tu luz y disipó las sombras de mi rincón... Y me quedé como un duende, temblando sin el azul de tus ojos de mar, que se han cerrado para mí sin ver que estoy así... ¡Perdido en mi soledad!

English · machine translation

I would like to slowly open my veins... My blood all poured out at your feet... so that I can prove to you that I can't love any more and then... To die afterwards. And yet your blue eyes, blue as the sky and the sea! live closed for me without seeing that I am like this... Lost in my loneliness! Shadows, nothing more, caressing my hands! Shadows, nothing more, in the trembling of my voice! I could have been happy and I am in life dying and in tears living the most horrendous passages of this drama without end... Shadows, nothing more, between your life and my life... Shadows, nothing more, between my love and your love! How brief was your presence in my boredom, how lukewarm were your hand and your voice. Like a firefly your light your light came and dissipated the shadows of my corner... And I was left like an elf, trembling without the blue of your sea eyes that have closed for me without seeing that I am like this... Lost in my solitude!

Danced to it

Music from 1943 · danced on film 2023

From TangoTube's videos · our data

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19431974

1943: 2, 1944: 1, 1966: 1, 1974: 1

In other catalogues3

tango.info · 02480002126126-1-15

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tango.info · 04024236203697-1-9

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tango.info · 02480002044482-1-18

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Singers1

Sung by Alberto Rivera

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Is a1

Is a tango

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Duration1

Duration 02:57

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  1. Sombras nada masFrancisco Lomuto · Alberto Rivera1943

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