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Al verla pasar

Music by Joaquín Mora, lyrics by José María Contursi. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1942–1942.

Al verla pasar was composed by Joaquín Mora.

Al verla pasar is a tango.

The lyrics of Al verla pasar are by José María Contursi.

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Credit

Music
Joaquín Mora
Lyrics
José María Contursi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

1940

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

  1. Pedro LaurenzEarliest we holdMost dancedMartin Podestá · RCA Victor · Jan 7
    71 dances
    1942
  2. Manuel BuzonAmadeo Mandarino
    3 dances
    1942
  3. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Palacios · Apr 131942
  4. Héctor StamponiNot in our catalogueJorge Vidal1958
  5. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueAlberto Podestá1973
  6. Héctor StamponiNot in our catalogueJorge Vidal

Lyrics

Español

Ayer al verla pasar me convencí que no es posible volver y comprendí que todo se ha terminado, que somos sombras de aquel pasado. Con cuánta pena miré lo que creí sería mi salvación... ¡Pobre de mí! Y en esa duda terrible de hablarla o no hablarla mis pasos volví... Pobrecita, ¡qué vieja y pálida estaba! Sin brillo sus negros ojos miraban... La vida quiso ensañarse con ella... ¡Pensar que fue tan bella y que hoy el mundo la olvida! Si supiera que yo también he cambiado, que tengo el corazón destrozado, que a veces hasta en matarme he pensado, pues todo, todo, todo ha muerto ya para mí... Después temblando me fui de aquel lugar con unas ansias tan grandes de llorar... Enloquecido de pena, frío en el alma, hielo en las venas... Y anduve, así, sin saber adónde ir, sintiendo risas y burlas junto a mí. . . Y hoy, al saberme perdido, sin fuerzas, vencido, no puedo vivir...

English · machine translation

Yesterday, as I watched her pass by, I was convinced that it is not possible to return and I understood that everything is over, that we are shadows of that past. With how much sorrow I looked at what I believed would be my salvation... Woe is me! And in that terrible doubt to speak it or not to speak it I turned my steps... Poor thing, how old and pale she was! Dull and dull her black eyes looked... Life wanted to be cruel to her... To think that she was so beautiful And today the world forgets her! If she only knew that I have changed too, that I have that my heart is broken, that sometimes I've even thought of killing myself, for everything, everything, everything has already died for me... Then, trembling, I left that place with such a great desire to cry... Mad with grief, cold in my soul, ice in my veins... And I walked, like that, without knowing where to go.., feeling laughter and mockery beside me. . . . And today, knowing I am lost, without strength, defeated, I cannot live...

Danced to it

Music from 1942 · danced on film 2007–2026

20072026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 1, 2008: 1, 2009: 1, 2010: 2, 2011: 1, 2012: 7, 2013: 7, 2014: 1, 2015: 2, 2017: 13, 2018: 18, 2019: 7, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 3, 2023: 5, 2026: 2

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  2. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
  3. Mansión Dandi RoyalSan Telmo
    1 performance
  4. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Composer1

Composed by Joaquín Mora

Supported · 2

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/42

Single source

tango.info · T0370179739

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by José María Contursi

Single source

Listen

  1. Al verla pasarPedro Laurenz · Martín Podestá1942
  2. Al verla pasarManuel Buzon · Amadeo Mandarino1942

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