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Desvelo

Music by Eduardo Bonessi, lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1948–1987.

Desvelo was composed by Eduardo Bonessi.†† The lyrics of Desvelo are by Enrique Cadícamo.†

Credit

Music
Eduardo Bonessi
Lyrics
Enrique Cadícamo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

  1. Aníbal TroiloEarliest we holdFloreal Ruiz · RCA Victor · Feb 2819486 dances
  2. Alberto MarinoInstrumental · Jan 131949
  3. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedAlberto Morán · Odeon · Aug 6195358 dances
  4. Alberto MoránInstrumental · May 1719566 dances
  5. Nuevo Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán)Instrumental · Philips1987

Lyrics

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Aunque vos pretendas que me aparte de tu senda; aunque me dejes solo, yo siempre te he de amar; aunque por mis celos viva lleno de desvelos pensando que muy pronto de mí te alejarás, igual... igual te adoro, te lloro y te imploro con loco afán. En la tristeza inmensa de mi desolación, los duendes de mi mal me van mordiendo el corazón. Mientras tu inconstancia me acorrala y en mí se clava como un puñal, en las horas tristes de mi insomnio mis pobres ojos no puedo cerrar. De los espejos turbios de mi melancolía, todos nuestros amores surgen de aquellos días... Ronda flotando por el cuarto tu figura, y luego, riendo, te detienes junto a mí para besarme con tu boca misteriosa, tu boca deliciosa, tu beso de carmín. Hasta que me sorprende al fin la madrugada loco de cansancio y sin dormir. Solo... solo y triste porque sé que tú no existes... La noche se hace larga pensando siempre en ti. Y de ansiarte tanto sin querer, me asalta el llanto; un llanto silencioso que brota sin cesar... Un llanto que mis ojos, sin sueño y rojos, no aguantan más. Y en este drama mío yo me hundo sin piedad. Párate, corazón, no abrumes más mi soledad.

English · machine translation

Even if you pretend to turn me from your path; even if you leave me alone, I will always love you; even though because of my jealousy I live full of sleeplessness thinking that very soon you will be far away from me, still... still I adore you, I cry and implore you with mad eagerness. In the immense sadness of my desolation, the goblins of my evil are biting my heart. While your fickleness corners me and it sticks in me like a dagger, in the sad hours of my sleeplessness my poor eyes I cannot close. From the cloudy mirrors of my melancholy, all our loves arise from those days... Floating around the room is your figure, and then, laughing, you stop next to me to kiss me with your mysterious mouth, your delicious mouth, your carmine kiss. Until the dawn surprises me at the end of the night Crazy with tiredness and sleepless. Alone... alone and sad because I know you don't exist... The night is long always thinking of you. And from longing for you so much without wanting to, I'm assaulted by tears; a silent cry that gushes unceasingly... A cry that my eyes sleep deprived and red, can no longer bear. And in this drama of mine I sink without mercy. Stand up, heart, do not overwhelm my loneliness any more.

Danced to it

Music from 1948–1987 · danced on film 2010–2026

20102026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2011: 4, 2012: 5, 2013: 7, 2014: 11, 2015: 11, 2016: 7, 2017: 2, 2018: 3, 2019: 8, 2020: 3, 2022: 4, 2023: 4, 2024: 2, 2025: 5, 2026: 1

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

19481987

1948: 1, 1949: 1, 1953: 1, 1956: 1, 1987: 1

Composer1

Composed by Eduardo Bonessi

Supported · 2

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370037016

Single source

TodoTango · tema/504

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Enrique Cadícamo

Single source

Listen

  1. DesveloAníbal Troilo · Floreal Ruiz1948
  2. DesveloAlberto Marino · Alberto Marino · no clip yet1949
  3. DesveloOsvaldo Pugliese · Alberto Morán1953
  4. DesveloAlberto Morán · Alberto Morán1956
  5. DesveloNuevo Quinteto Real (Horacio Salgán)1987

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