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Mi natai

Music by Félix Lipesker, Jerome Once, lyrics by Félix Lipesker. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1945.

Who recorded it

Every version2

Earliest we hold: Miguel Caló, 1944

  1. Miguel CalóLuis Tolosa1944
  2. Osvaldo FresedoOscar Serpa1945

Versions of Mi natai recorded 1944–1945

Mi natai was composed by Félix Lipesker.† The lyrics of Mi natai are by Félix Lipesker.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

35 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Félix Lipesker, Jerome Once
Words
Félix Lipesker
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Natái, mi lejano amor No sé qué será de ti, Amor de mi juventud En mi noche azul Vuelves hacia mí. Ayer, tras la niebla gris Pasó nuestra dulce edad, Mas hoy me parece escuchar Las notas de aquel cantar. Ven, Mi rubia y bella Natái Que el Volga nos llevará Con mi amor... más allá... Ven, Y no me dejes partir Porque estoy solo sin ti Sin tu amor... mi Natái. Jamás te podré olvidar Jamás lo podrás saber, Que así como te amo yo Nadie te querrá Nadie, nunca, no! Tu voz, tu divina voz Quizá nunca llegue a mí, Natái, ¡Qué lejana tú estás! Qué solo vivo sin ti...!

English · machine translation

Natái, my distant love I don't know what will become of you, Love of my youth In my blue night You come back to me. Yesterday, behind the gray fog Passed our sweet age, But today I seem to hear The notes of that song. Come, My fair and fair Natái That the Volga will take us With my love... beyond... Come, And don't let me go For I'm alone without you Without your love... my Natái. I can never forget you You can never know, That as much as I love you No one will love you No one, never, no! Your voice, your divine voice May never reach me, Natai, how far away you are! How lonely I live without you...!

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1944 to 1945.
1940
Recordings of Mi natai by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

a version people dance tono Dances matched yet: something to listen to

The leader is Miguel Caló, 1944, with 94% of the 35 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdMost dancedMi nataiMiguel CalóLuis TolosatangoOdeon
    33 dances · 94%
    1944
  2. Osvaldo FresedoMi nataiOsvaldo FresedoOscar SerpatangoRCA Victor
    2 dances · 6%
    1945
All recordings of Mi natai

One recording

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

Miguel Caló

Mi nataiMiguel CalóLuis TolosatangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 32 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1944–1945 · danced on film 2015–2026

20152026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2015: 2, 2016: 9, 2018: 2, 2019: 2, 2020: 1, 2022: 1, 2023: 1, 2025: 2, 2026: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    2 performances
  2. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance

Filmed sets

One Couple dancing three or four songs at one Occasion, every song known. What was danced on film, not what a DJ played.

3 of 5 complete sets on film

  1. Michelle Lamb and Murat Erdemsel

    2015 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1RemembranzaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1956
    2. 2MascaritaPedro Laurenz, 1940
    3. 3Mi nataiMiguel Caló, 1944
    4. 4Sangre de mi sangreRodolfo Biagi, 1954
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Maja Petrović and Marko Miljevic

    2016 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Meta fierroJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    2. 2Lágrimas y sonrisasRodolfo Biagi, 1941
    3. 3Mi nataiMiguel Caló, 1944
    4. 4El Tigre MillánJuan D'Arienzo, 1940
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Maria Inés Bogado and Sergiy Podbolotnyy

    In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1La bordonaAníbal Troilo, 1958
    2. 2Mi nataiMiguel Caló, 1944
    3. 3ArgañarazRicardo Tanturi, 1940
    4. 4Cabeza de noviaJuan D'Arienzo, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube

Read more

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370214279

TodoTango · tema/5419

Composer1

Composed by Félix Lipesker

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Félix Lipesker

Listen

  1. Mi nataiMiguel CalóLuis TolosatangoOdeon
  2. Mi nataiOsvaldo FresedoOscar SerpatangoRCA Victor

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