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Se muere de amor

Music by Pedro Maffia, lyrics by Catulo Castillo. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1953–1953.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Carlos Di Sarli, 1953

  1. 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
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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

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1953 to 1953.

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

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  1. Carlos Di SarliEarliest we holdMost dancedSe muere de amorCarlos Di SarliMario PomartangoMusic Hall
    12 dances
    1953
  2. Sebastián PianaNot in our catalogue1944
  3. Gabriel ClausiNot in our catalogue
  4. Orquesta Típica Gente de tangoNot in our catalogueAlfredo Sáez
All recordings of Se muere de amor

One recording

A dated take, with its sound and the couples dancing it.

Carlos Di Sarli

Se muere de amorCarlos Di SarliMario PomartangoMusic Hall

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 7 Performances

Adrián Lacruz2014 · 3:19

Danced to it

Music from 1953 · danced on film 2010–2023

20102023
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2014: 2, 2019: 1, 2023: 1

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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

Listen

  1. Se muere de amorCarlos Di SarliMario PomartangoMusic Hall

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