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No me pregunten por qué

Music by Carlos Di Sarli. 9 recordings in our catalogue, 1935–2020.

Versions of No me pregunten por qué recorded 1935–2020

No me pregunten por qué was composed by Carlos Di Sarli.††

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

6 orchestras recorded it

16 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Carlos Di Sarli
Words
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

¡Muchachos!... Si cualquiera de estas noches me ven llegar al café, tambalenado medio 'colo' babeando y hablando solo, ¡no me pregunten por qué! Borracho... Con la melena revuelta, la corbata floja y suelta y con rencor al mirar, no me pregunten, muchachos, por qué he venido borracho y de mi tengan piedad. En la luz de unos ojos divinos se embriagaba mi alma y mi fe y en la copa de miel sus labios hasta ayer de pasión me embriagué. Hoy que vivo de nuevo en tinieblas añorando la luz de su amor necesito hundir mi existencia y es por eso que busco el alcohol. ¡Muchachos!... Si cualquiera de estas noches me ven llegar al café tambaleando medio 'colo' babeando y hablando solo ¡no me pregunten por qué! Borracho... Refugiado en el alivio del brebaje dulce y tibio que nos prodiga el licor. tal vez me olvide de aquella que hasta ayer fuera mi estrella y hoy me mata de dolor.

English · machine translation

Guys!... If any of these nights you see me arrive at the café, staggering half 'colo' drooling and talking to myself, don't ask me why! Drunk... With his hair disheveled, his tie loose and loose and with a grudge to look at, don't ask me, boys, why I've come here drunk and have pity on me. In the light of divine eyes my soul and my faith were intoxicated and in the cup of honey her lips until yesterday I was intoxicated with passion. Today that I live again in darkness longing for the light of her love I need to sink my existence and that's why I look for alcohol. Boys!... If any of these nights you see me arrive at the café staggering half 'colo drooling and talking to myself don't ask me why! Drunk... Sheltered in the relief of the sweet and warm brew that liquor lavishes on us. Maybe I'll forget the one who until yesterday was my star and today she kills me with pain.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 9 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1935 to 2020.
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20
Recordings of No me pregunten por qué by year, taller the more they are danced · 9 of 9 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

9 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 2 more we know of

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  1. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdNo me pregunten por quéOsvaldo FresedoRoberto RaytangoRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1935
  2. Francisco CanaroNo me pregunten por quéFrancisco CanaroErnesto FamátangoOdeon
    No match yet
    1939
  3. Orquesta Típica SilencioNo me pregunten por quéOrquesta Típica SilencioHernán Genovesetango
    No match yet
    2020
  4. Eduardo Del PianoNo me pregunten por quéEduardo Del PianoHéctor de Rosastango
    No match yet
    1951
  5. Héctor María ArtolaNot in our catalogueOscar Alonso · Aug 181952
  6. Hugo MarcelNot in our catalogue
All recordings of No me pregunten por qué

One recording

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

Carlos Di Sarli

No me pregunten por quéCarlos Di SarliMario PomartangoMusic Hall

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 15 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1935–2020 · danced on film 2014–2022

20142022
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2014: 4, 2016: 2, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2022: 1

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