Song
Se muere de amor
Who recorded it
Every version1Earliest we hold: Carlos Di Sarli, 1953
- Carlos Di SarliMario Pomar1953
Versions of Se muere de amor recorded 1953
Se muere de amor was composed by Pedro Maffia.†† The lyrics of Se muere de amor are by Catulo Castillo.†
The song
The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.
1 orchestra recorded it
12 Dances filmed to it
Who wrote it
- Music
- Pedro Maffia
- Words
- Catulo Castillo
- Written
- not yet cited · help fill it
- First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Lyrics
Español
Negro borrón de tus trenzas, pálida luz de tu cara, por cien caminos de ausencia regresan tus voces como una lejana eanción. Yo te encerré en el recuerdo, yo te trencé en la nostalgia, y en una esquina del tiempo te até a mi guitarra con una oración. Por el callejón dormido no llegó tu cara blanca, y en un rincón del olvido mi llanto vencido buscó la esperanza. Noche oscura de tu pelo que pintó mi espera larga. Noche oscura de este sueño que en una guitarra se muere de amor. Me llevarán detrás tuyo, se encenderá la mañana con un perfume de yuyo, y en una guitarra vendrá una lejana canción. Podré tomar tu silencio con estas manos heladas y por las calles del viento seré una nostalgia buscándote a vos.
English · machine translation
Black blur of your braids, pale light of your face, by a hundred paths of absence your voices return like a distant eaning. I locked you in memory, I braided you in nostalgia, and in a corner of time I tied you to my guitar with a prayer. Through the sleeping alley your white face did not arrive, and in a corner of oblivion my defeated weeping searched for hope. Dark night of your hair that painted my long wait. Dark night of this dream that in a guitar dies of love. They will take me behind you, the morning will light up with a perfume of yuyo, and on a guitar will come a distant song. I will be able to take your silence with these icy hands and through the streets of the wind I will be a nostalgia looking for you.
Every version
Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone
1 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of
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- Carlos Di SarliEarliest we holdMost dancedSe muere de amorCarlos Di SarliMario PomartangoMusic Hall12 dances1953
- Sebastián PianaNot in our catalogue1944
- Gabriel ClausiNot in our catalogue
- Orquesta Típica Gente de tangoNot in our catalogueAlfredo Sáez
One recording
A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.
Couples filmed dancing this recording · 7 Performances
Danced to it
Music from 1953 · danced on film 2010–2023
2010: 1, 2014: 2, 2019: 1, 2023: 1
Through the decades
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- EntryPedro MaffiaPerson
- EntryCatulo CastilloPerson
- EntryComo se muere de amorComposition
- EntryTe aconsejo que me olvidesComposition
- EntryNoche de reyesComposition
- EntryVentarrónComposition
- EntryTaconeandoComposition
- EntryMilonga de mis amoresComposition
What we don't know yet3 of 4 known
The year it was written.
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Composer1
Composed by Pedro Maffia
In other catalogues2
tango.info · Z0000057186
TodoTango · tema/315
Lyricist1
Lyrics by Catulo Castillo
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