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Dejame amarte aunque sea un dia

Music by Ernestina Lecuona, lyrics by Venancio Clauso. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1936–1939.

Versions of Dejame amarte aunque sea un dia recorded 1936–1939

Dejame amarte aunque sea un dia was composed by Ernestina Lecuona.†† The lyrics of Dejame amarte aunque sea un dia are by Venancio Clauso.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

2 orchestras recorded it

45 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Ernestina Lecuona
Words
Venancio Clauso
Written
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

¿De dónde vino esta alegría de vivir? ¿De dónde surge este deseo de cantar? ¿Por qué entreveo luminoso el porvenir? ¿Por qué en mi pecho el corazón siento vibrar? Es el milagro de tu amor embriagador Que ha disipado toda sombra de dolor... Y pone rosas en mi camino Y un peregrino Y sutil fulgor... Mañana lloraré tal vez La dicha y el placer de hoy... Pues bien sé que riendo y llorando Se vive el amor... Los celos clavarán en mí, Su flecha cruel y ya sin fe He de sentir sangrar Mi corazón por ti... Por eso aquí, junto a tu pecho he de cantar Y he de besar para olvidar, tu boca en flor... Ebria de amor, quiero en tus brazos desmayar Que puede ser frágil y breve nuestro ardor... Amemos hoy... Un alma hagamos de las dos Ríe y no pienses en la hora del adiós... Déjame amarte auque sea un día Que esta alegría Nos acerca a Dios!...

English · machine translation

Where did this joy of life come from? Where does this desire to sing come from? Why do I glimpse the future bright? Why do I feel my heart vibrating in my chest? It is the miracle of your intoxicating love That has dispelled every shadow of pain... And puts roses in my path And a pilgrim And subtle glow... Tomorrow I will weep perhaps Today's joy and pleasure... For well I know that laughing and crying Love is lived... Jealousy will stick in me Its cruel arrow and now without faith I will feel my heart bleed My heart for you... That's why here, next to your breast I'll sing And I'll kiss to forget, your mouth in bloom... Drunk with love, I want to faint in your arms That our ardor may be fragile and brief... Let us love today... Let's make one soul out of the two of us Laugh and don't think of the hour of goodbye... Let me love you even for a day That this joy Brings us closer to God...

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 2 recordings of this song by 2 orchestras, 1936 to 1939.
1930
Recordings of Dejame amarte aunque sea un dia by year, taller the more they are danced · 2 of 2 recordings carry a year · read Nov 1, 2026

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

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

The leader is Rodolfo Biagi, 1939, with 100% of the 45 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

“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. Rodolfo BiagiMost dancedDejame amarte aunque sea un diaRodolfo BiagiAndrés FalgásvalsOdeon
    45 dances · 100%
    1939
  2. Osvaldo FresedoEarliest we holdDejame amarte aunque sea un diaOsvaldo FresedoRoberto RayvalsRCA Victor
    No match yet
    1936
  3. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogueNov 271936
  4. Mercedes SimoneNot in our catalogue

One recording

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

Rodolfo Biagi

Dejame amarte aunque sea un diaRodolfo BiagiAndrés FalgásvalsOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 42 Performances

Danced to it

Music from 1936–1939 · danced on film 2011–2026

20112026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2011: 4, 2012: 1, 2013: 1, 2014: 3, 2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2019: 4, 2022: 2, 2023: 2, 2024: 2, 2025: 2, 2026: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Julius-Leber-HausEssen
    1 performance
  2. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance
  3. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

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