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Amarras

Music by Carlos Marchisio, lyrics by Carmelo Santiago. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1944.

Amarras was composed by Carlos Marchisio.†† The lyrics of Amarras are by Carmelo Santiago.†

Credit

Music
Carlos Marchisio
Lyrics
Carmelo Santiago

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

2 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

  1. Alberto CastilloEarliest we holdInstrumental · Jun 9194433 dances
  2. Juan D'ArienzoMost dancedHéctor Mauré · RCA Victor · Jul 211944193 dances

Lyrics

Español

Vago como sombra atormentada bajo el gris de la recova, me contemplo y no soy nada... Soy como mi lancha carbonera que ha quedado recalada, bien atada a la ribera. Yo también atado a mi pasado soy un barco que está anclado y siento en mi carne sus amarras como garfios, como garras. Lloro aquellos días que jamás han de volver; sueño aquellos besos que ya nunca he de tener, soy como mi lancha carbonera que ha quedado en la ribera, ¡sin partir más! Aquellos besos que perdí al presentir que no me amaba, fueron tormentas de dolor llenas de horror. ¡Hoy no soy nada! Yo sólo sé que pené, que caí y que rodé al abismo del fracaso... Yo sólo sé que tu adiós, en la burla del dolor, me acompaña paso a paso. Ahora que sé que no vendrás, vago sin fin por la recova, busco valor para partir; para alejarme... y así matando mi obsesión, lejos de ti, poder morir. Pero vivo atado a mi pasado, tu recuerdo me encadena, soy un barco que está anclado. Sé que únicamente con la muerte cesarán mis amarguras; cambiará mi mala suerte. Vago con la atroz melancolía de una noche gris y fría; y siento en mi carne sus amarras como garfios, como garras. Nada me consuela en esta cruel desolación. Solo voy marchando con mi pobre corazón. Soy como mi lancha carbonera, que ha quedado en la ribera, sin partir más.

English · machine translation

I wander like a tormented shadow under the gray of the recova, I contemplate myself and I am nothing... I am like my coal boat that has been left at anchor, well tied to the shore. I too, tied to my past I am a ship at anchor and I feel in my flesh its moorings like hooks, like claws. I mourn those days that will never return; I dream of those kisses that I will never have again, I am like my coal boat that has been left on the shore, never to leave again! Those kisses that I lost when I sensed that he didn't love me, were storms of pain full of horror. Today I am nothing! All I know is that I suffered, that I fell and that I rolled into the abyss of failure... I only know that your goodbye in the mockery of pain, accompanies me step by step. Now that I know you won't come, I wander endlessly through the hall, I look for courage to leave; to get away... and thus killing my obsession, far from you, to die. But I live tied to my past, your memory shackles me, I am a ship at anchor. I know that only with death will my bitterness cease; My bad luck will change. I wander with the atrocious melancholy of a gray and cold night. of a gray and cold night; and I feel in my flesh its moorings like hooks, like claws. Nothing consoles me in this cruel desolation. I only go marching with my poor heart. I am like my coal boat that has been left on the shore, without departing any more.

Danced to it

Music from 1944 · 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: 2, 2009: 2, 2010: 2, 2011: 11, 2012: 12, 2013: 21, 2014: 13, 2015: 13, 2016: 11, 2017: 11, 2018: 18, 2019: 16, 2020: 4, 2021: 1, 2022: 19, 2023: 30, 2024: 20, 2025: 11, 2026: 7

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19441944

1944: 2

Composer1

Composed by Carlos Marchisio

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370204800

Single source

MusicBrainz · c4793598-9429-4867-a9f8-8b574e449e05source

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TodoTango · tema/1021

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Carmelo Santiago

Single source

Listen

  1. AmarrasAlberto Castillo · Alberto Castillo1944
  2. AmarrasJuan D'Arienzo · Héctor Mauré1944

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