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Mi tango triste

Music by Aníbal Troilo, lyrics by José María Contursi. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1946–1968.
1946: 1 · danced 172 times1967: 1 · danced 0 times1968: 1 · danced 19 times
1946’50’601968
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1946: 1, 172; 1967: 1, 0; 1968: 1, 19

  1. Aníbal Troilo’s 1946 version holds 90% of its dancing (172 of 191).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 3 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

Mi tango triste was composed by Aníbal Troilo.†† The lyrics of Mi tango triste are by José María Contursi.†

Credit

Music
Aníbal Troilo
Lyrics
José María Contursi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1940’50’60

Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdMost dancedAlberto Marino · RCA Victor · Nov 28
    172 dances
    1946
  2. Miguel CalóAlberto Marino · Odeon · May 29
    Not danced on film yet
    1967
  3. Roberto GoyenecheMar 26
    19 dances
    1968
  4. Blanca MooneyNot in our catalogue
  5. Conjunto Los cosos de al laoNot in our catalogue
  6. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche

Lyrics

Español

Me torturé sin ti y entonces te busqué por los caminos del recuerdo y en el recodo más lejano te agitabas por volver y por librarte de ese infierno... Y se arrastró hasta mí tu vida sin amor con su dolor y su silencio y disfrazamos un pasado que luchaba por querer volver. Y fuiste tú la que alegró mi soledad, quien transformó en locura mi pasión y mi ternura y en horror mis horas mansas. Tú... Mi tango triste fuiste tú y nadie existe más que tú en mi destino... Y hoy te has hecho a un lado en mi camino... Y es muy tarde ya para volver llorando atrás y contener la angustia que por mustia duele mucho más. Se desgarró la luz y enmudeció mi voz aquella noche sin palabras al ver que tu alma estaba ausente y a tu lado siempre yo como una cosa abandonada... Y se arrastró hasta mí la sombra de otro amor y de otra voz que te llamaba y me sumiste en un pasado que luchaba por querer volver.

English · machine translation

I tortured myself without you and then I looked for you along the paths of memory and in the farthest bend you were agitated to return and to free you from that hell... And your loveless life crawled to me with its pain and its silence and we disguised a past that was struggling to want to to return. And it was you who brightened my loneliness, who transformed into madness my passion and my tenderness and in horror my gentle hours. It was you... My sad tango was you and no one exists more than you in my destiny... And today you've stepped aside in my way... And it's too late now to go back crying and hold back the anguish that because it's sad hurts much more. The light was torn and my voice was muffled that night without words when I saw that your soul was absent and by your side I was always by your side like an abandoned thing... And the shadow of another love crept up to me and of another voice that called you and you submerged me in a past that struggled to want to return. to return.

Danced to it

Music from 1946–1968 · danced on film 2006–2026

20062026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2006: 1, 2007: 1, 2008: 1, 2010: 1, 2011: 1, 2012: 3, 2013: 6, 2014: 6, 2015: 11, 2016: 9, 2017: 15, 2018: 12, 2019: 12, 2020: 1, 2022: 10, 2023: 19, 2024: 8, 2025: 7, 2026: 3

Where it is danced

The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.

  1. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    3 performances
  2. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    3 performances
  3. MarabúSan Nicolás
    2 performances
  4. Salón CanningPalermo
    2 performances
  5. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    2 performances
  6. Cátulo TangoBalvanera
    1 performance
  7. El Yeite Tango ClubVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  8. Plaza BohemiaSan Nicolás
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Aníbal Troilo

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370246960

Single source

TodoTango · tema/146

Single source

MusicBrainz · daa5d79c-95d7-4bc6-adf6-0c7bddcd639esource

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by José María Contursi

Single source

Listen

  1. Mi tango tristeAníbal Troilo · Alberto Marino1946
  2. Mi tango tristeMiguel Caló · Alberto Marino1967
  3. Mi tango tristeRoberto Goyeneche · Roberto Goyeneche1968

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