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Motivo sentimental

Music by Emilio Brameri, lyrics by Carlos Bahr. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–1965.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Enrique Rodríguez, 1944

  1. Carlos Di SarliAlberto Podestá1944
  2. Enrique RodríguezArmando Moreno1944
  3. Domingo FedericoRubén Sánchez1965
  4. José GarciaAlfredo Rojas1944

Versions of Motivo sentimental recorded 1944–1965

Motivo sentimental was composed by Emilio Brameri.†† The lyrics of Motivo sentimental are by Carlos Bahr.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

29 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Emilio Brameri
Words
Carlos Bahr
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

Yo llevo el tango en mi vida Como una garra, Hincada en la carne viva de mi emoción. Se me ha metido en el alma La voz amarga del bandoneón. Un drama de tango triste, fue su desvío, Por rumbos de sueños viejos Se fue su amor. Y el tango llora conmigo, Los cien motivos de pena Que él me dejó. El tango me pone triste No lo puedo remediar, Hay rencor de herida abierta Y emoción de pena vieja En su grave rezongar. El tango me pone triste Porque soy sentimental, Es su voz la de un amigo Que revive los motivos De mi drama pasional. Por el ojal de la herida Que es un recuerdo, Se cuela la voz amarga del bandoneón. Y se confunde su pena Con esta pena que tengo yo. Llegó a mi vida llorando Cosa que olvida, Se fue cantando alegrías del corazón. Y yo he quedado sufriendo El hondo drama de tango Que él me dejó.

English · machine translation

I carry tango in my life Like a claw, Sticking in the living flesh of my emotion. The bitter voice of the bandoneon The bitter voice of the bandoneon. A sad tango drama, was its detour, Through paths of old dreams His love is gone. And the tango cries with me, The hundred reasons of sorrow That he left me. The tango makes me sad I can't help it, There's the rancor of an open wound And emotion of old sorrow In its grave grumbling. Tango makes me sad Because I am sentimental, Its voice is that of a friend That revives the motives Of my passionate drama. Through the buttonhole of the wound Which is a memory, The bitter voice of the bandoneon slips through. And his sorrow is confused With this sorrow that I have. He came into my life crying Something he forgets, He left singing joys of the heart. And I have been left suffering The deep drama of tango That he left me.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1944 to 1965.
1940’50’60
Recordings of Motivo sentimental by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 4 more we know of

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

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  1. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedMotivo sentimentalCarlos Di SarliAlberto PodestátangoRCA Victor
    28 dances
    1944
  2. Enrique RodríguezEarliest we holdMotivo sentimentalEnrique RodríguezArmando MorenotangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1944
  3. Domingo FedericoMotivo sentimentalDomingo FedericoRubén SáncheztangoFuentes (Colombia)
    1 dance
    1965
  4. José GarciaMotivo sentimentalJosé GarciaAlfredo Rojastango
    No match yet
    1944
  5. Juan Carlos CambónNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone1944
  6. Emilio BrameriNot in our catalogueMercedes Simone1966
  7. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueAlberto Podestá1980
  8. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue
All recordings of Motivo sentimental

One recording

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

Carlos Di Sarli

Motivo sentimentalCarlos Di SarliAlberto PodestátangoRCA Victor

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 26 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1944–1965 · danced on film 2008–2026

20082026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2008: 1, 2010: 1, 2013: 1, 2016: 1, 2017: 2, 2022: 4, 2023: 8, 2024: 2, 2025: 2, 2026: 2

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.

The one complete set on film

  1. Indira Hiayes and Rodrigo Palacios

    2023 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Motivo sentimentalCarlos Di Sarli, 1944
    2. 2Color cieloJuan D'Arienzo, 1944
    3. 3Gente amigaOsvaldo Pugliese, 1958
    4. 4Adiós queridaJuan D'Arienzo, 1941
    Watch it on TangoTube

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

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