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Fueron tres años

Music by Juan Pablo Marín, lyrics by Juan Pablo Marín. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1956–2016.

Who recorded it

Every version5

Earliest we hold: Héctor Varela, 1956

  1. Enrique FranciniAlberto Podestá1956
  2. Héctor VarelaArgentino Ledesma · Jorge Falcón19561973
  3. Orquesta Romantica MilongueraRoberto Minondi2016
  4. Héctor D'EspositoOsvaldo Rivas1958

Versions of Fueron tres años recorded 1956–2016

Fueron tres años was composed by Juan Pablo Marín.†† The lyrics of Fueron tres años are by Juan Pablo Marín.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

197 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Juan Pablo Marín
Words
Juan Pablo Marín
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

No me hablas, tesoro mío, no me hablas ni me has mirado. Fueron tres años, mi vida, tres años muy lejos de tu corazón. ¡Hablame, rompé el silencio! ¿No ves que me estoy muriendo? Y quítame este tormento, porque tu silencio ya me dice adiós. ¡Qué cosas que tiene la vida! ¡Qué cosas tener que llorar! ¡Qué cosas que tiene el destino! Será mi camino sufrir y penar. Pero deja que bese tus labios, un solo momento, y después me voy; y quítame este tormento, porque tu silencio ya me dice adiós. Aún tengo fuego en los labios, del beso de despedida. ¿Cómo pensar que mentías, si tus negros ojos lloraban por mí? ¡Hablame, rompé el silencio! ¿No ves que me estoy muriendo? Y quítame este tormento, porque tu silencio ya me dice adiós.

English · machine translation

You do not speak to me, my treasure, you don't speak to me and you haven't looked at me. It was three years, my life, three years far away from your heart. Speak to me, break the silence! Can't you see I'm dying? And take this torment away from me, because your silence already says goodbye to me. What a thing life has to offer! What a thing to have to cry! What a thing destiny has! It will be my way to suffer and sorrow. But let me kiss your lips just for a moment, and then I'll go; and take this torment away from me, because your silence already tells me goodbye. I still have fire on my lips, from the farewell kiss. How could I think you were lying, if your black eyes were crying for me? Speak to me, break the silence! Can't you see I'm dying? And take this torment away from me, because your silence already says goodbye to me.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 5 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1956 to 2016.
1950’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of Fueron tres años by year, taller the more they are danced · 5 of 5 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

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

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

The leader is Héctor Varela, with 93% of the 197 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

16 more dances name this song but not which version, so no share counts them. “No match yet” means no filmed dance is tied to that version so far, not that nobody dances it. Dances whose music we have not identified are left out.

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

  1. Orquesta Romantica MilongueraFueron tres añosOrquesta Romantica MilongueraRoberto Minonditango
    10 dances · 5%
    2016
  2. Enrique FranciniFueron tres añosEnrique FranciniAlberto PodestátangoRCA Victor
    4 dances · 2%
    1956
  3. Héctor D'EspositoFueron tres añosHéctor D'EspositoOsvaldo RivastangoMusic Hall
    No match yet
    1958
  4. Graciano GómezNot in our catalogueNina Miranda1950
  5. Jorge VidalNot in our catalogueJun 251956
  6. Jorge HidalgoNot in our catalogueJul 181956
  7. Diego SolísNot in our catalogue
  8. Jorge VidalNot in our catalogue
  9. Alberto Di PauloNot in our catalogueArgentino Ledesma
  10. Graciano GómezNot in our catalogueNina Miranda
  11. Ensemble HyperionNot in our catalogueRuben Peloni
  12. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueHéctor Mauré
All recordings of Fueron tres años

One recording

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

Héctor Varela

Fueron tres añosHéctor VarelaArgentino Ledesmatango

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 190 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1956–2016 · danced on film 2006–2025

20062025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2006: 1, 2008: 2, 2009: 5, 2010: 24, 2011: 27, 2012: 19, 2013: 17, 2014: 4, 2015: 6, 2016: 6, 2017: 3, 2018: 3, 2019: 5, 2022: 2, 2023: 8, 2024: 6, 2025: 2

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    5 performances

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.

3 of 18 complete sets on film

  1. Agnieszka Porczak and Szymon Nowak

    In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1GraciasCarlos Di Sarli, 1946
    2. 2Fueron tres añosHéctor Varela, 1956
    3. 3Amor y valsRodolfo Biagi, 1942
    4. 4La cicatrizJuan D'Arienzo, 1939
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Martin Almiron and Maya Schwartz

    2019 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Fueron tres añosHéctor Varela, 1956
    2. 2A Evaristo CarriegoOsvaldo Pugliese, 1985
    3. 3Valsecito criolloJuan D'Arienzo, 1937
    4. 4Reliquias porteñasFrancisco Canaro, 1938
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Analía Centurion and Gabriel Missé

    2011 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1Mozo guapoRicardo Tanturi, 1941
    2. 2Fueron tres añosHéctor Varela, 1956
    3. 3Los mareadosOsvaldo Pugliese, 1977
    4. 4Como se muere de amorAlfredo De Angelis, 1943
    Watch it on TangoTube

In their words

  • En ese momento, no, fueron tres años. Rapidísimo. Con Corina, tres años porque; bueno, ella bailaba antes, pero conmigo llevaba tres años bailando.

    Julio Balmaceda · JULIO BALMACEDA Tengo una pregunta para vos.. with ENGLISH subtitles / Русские субтитры

    open at 14:43
  • En ese momento sí, no, fueron tres años. Rapidísimo. Sí, con Corina, tres años, porque bueno, ella bailaba antes, pero conmigo llevaba tres años bailando.

    Julio Balmaceda · "JULIO BALMACEDA TENGO UNA PREGUNTA PARA VOS" por Pepa Palazon 1/3

    open at 14:11

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

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