Song
No le digas que la quiero
1924: 1, 0; 1927: 1, 1; 1940: 1, 2; 1941: 1, 7; 1955: 1, 1
Francisco Canaro recorded it in 1924 and 1927.
How we know
Takes in our catalogue by the same orchestra in different years; the canon’s first orchestra is named.
No le digas que la quiero was composed by Enrique Delfino.
No le digas que la quiero is a tango.
No le digas que la quiero was published in 1924.
The lyrics of No le digas que la quiero are by Alberto Vacarezza.
every sentence cites a published fact
Credit
- Music
- Enrique Delfino
- Lyrics
- Alberto Vacarezza
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Every recording
5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of
Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.
- Aníbal TroiloMost dancedFrancisco Fiorentino · RCA Victor · Oct 237 dances1941
- Rodolfo BiagiJorge Ortiz · Odeon · Dec 172 dances1940
- Alfredo De AngelisCarlos Dante · Odeon · Dec 131 dance1955
- Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdOdeonNot danced on film yet1924
- Francisco CanaroInstrumental · Odeon · Dec 91 dance1927
- Guillermo Barbieri, José RicardoNot in our catalogueCarlos Gardel1924
- Ciriaco Ortiz, Ubaldo Aquiles De LioNot in our catalogue1965
Lyrics
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Suena, tango quejumbroso, y callejero, como suena en la tristeza mi abatido corazón. Y si ves a mi querida no le digas que la quiero, porque ya me da vergüenza de pensar en su traición. Suena, tango, y si con otra ves que bailo a tu sonido, no le digas que me oíste tu rezongo acompañar. Yo no quiero que ella sepa las angustias que he sufrido, y que desde aquella tarde no hago más que sollozar. ¡Tango!... Melancólico testigo y el único amigo de mi soledad. ¡Tango!... En las vueltas del destino quizá en mi camino la vuelva a encontrar. Pero entonces, sin rencores ni deseos de venganza, mi perdón le dará abrigo y el lamento musical de este tango hecho jirones, de dolor y de esperanza, será el grito que la acuse de haberme hecho tanto mal. Suena, tango quejumbroso, y callejero, como suena en la tristeza mi abatido corazón. Y si ves a mi querida, no le digas que la quiero, porque ya me da vergüenza de pensar en su traición.
English · machine translation
It sounds, plaintive tango, compadrón and street, as my dejected heart sounds in sadness. And if you see my darling, don't tell her that I love her, because I'm already ashamed to think of her betrayal. Sounds, tango, and if with another you see me dance to your sound, don't tell her that you heard me your rezongo accompany. I do not want her to know the anguish I have suffered, and that since that afternoon I do nothing but sob. Tango!... Melancholic witness and the only friend of my solitude. Tango!... In the twists and turns of destiny perhaps on my way I will find her again. But then, without grudges or desires of revenge, my forgiveness will give her shelter and the musical lamentation of this tango in tatters, of pain and hope, will be the cry that accuses her of having done me so much wrong. It sounds, plaintive tango, compadrón and street tango, as it sounds in sadness my dejected heart. And if you see my darling, don't tell her that I love her, because I'm already ashamed to think of her betrayal.
Danced to it
Music from 1924–1955 · danced on film 2007–2024
2007: 1, 2011: 1, 2014: 1, 2015: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2024: 2
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Composer1
Composed by Enrique Delfino
Supported · 2In other catalogues3
TodoTango · tema/1189
Single sourcetango.info · T0370021025
Single sourceMusicBrainz · ec5a160f-5b40-489d-9528-da30c73c60a8source
Single sourceIs a1
Is a Tango
Single sourcePublished1
Published 1924
Single sourceLyricist1
Lyrics by Alberto Vacarezza
Single sourceListen
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