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El viejo vals

Music by Charlo, lyrics by José González Castillo. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1931–1986.

El viejo vals was composed by Charlo.

El viejo vals is a vals.

The lyrics of El viejo vals are by José González Castillo.

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Credit

Music
Charlo
Lyrics
José González Castillo

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

  1. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdCharlo · Odeon · Apr 29193113 dances
  2. Francisco RotundoMost dancedFloreal Ruiz, Enrique Campos · Odeon · Dec 101951149 dances
  3. José BassoEduardo Borda, Quique Ojeda1986

Lyrics

Español

Al lánguido compás de un vals de Chopin, mi amor te confesé sin ver que más llamaba tu interés aquel vals. Por eso hoy mi canción a su mismo compás, te llora como un bien que ya jamás traerá a mi corazón su vaivén. Fue como un loco volar de falena con giros y vueltas en torno al fanal que nos deslumbra y nos llena de un dulce mareo sutil y fatal... Juntos mi pecho y tu seno... los dos corazones, latiendo a la par, fijo, impasible y sereno ¡tu frío mirar!... ¡Quién me diría que toda la gloria, de aquella gentil posesión, era la efímera coda que al valse ponía mi loca ilusión!... Dócil tu mano en mi mano... ¡Mi brazo oprimiendo tu talle liviano y en tanto mi acento muriendo en el lento girar del valsar!... Falena de salón. mi corazón también sus alas de ilusión quemó tenaz girando en aquel vals de Chopin... Borracho de pasión y ciego de querer, se lanza a tu atracción sin ver que más que un alma en ti, mujer, hay un vals.

English · machine translation

To the languid beat of a Chopin waltz, my love I confessed to you without seeing what else that waltz called your interest. That's why today my song to the same beat, weeps for you like a good that will never again will bring to my heart its swaying. It was like a mad flight of the skirt with twists and turns around the beacon that dazzles and fills us of a sweet, subtle and fatal dizziness... Together my breast and your breast... the two hearts, beating at the same time.., fixed, impassive and serene your cold gaze!... Who would tell me that all the glory of that gentle possession was the ephemeral coda that my crazy illusion put to the waltz!... Your hand docile in my hand... My arm pressing against your light waist and while my accent dying in the slow the waltz's slow spinning!... Falena de salón. my heart too its wings of illusion burned tenaciously spinning in that Chopin's waltz... Drunk with passion and blind with love he throws himself into your attraction without seeing that more than a soul in you, woman, there is a waltz.

Danced to it

Music from 1931–1986 · danced on film 2009–2026

20092026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2009: 2, 2010: 8, 2011: 13, 2012: 15, 2013: 9, 2014: 14, 2015: 7, 2016: 9, 2017: 18, 2018: 10, 2019: 12, 2020: 2, 2021: 2, 2022: 3, 2023: 14, 2024: 3, 2025: 15, 2026: 4

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

19311986

1931: 1, 1951: 1, 1986: 1

Composer1

Composed by Charlo

Supported · 2

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/1058

Single source

tango.info · T0370029825

Single source

Is a1

Is a Vals

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by José González Castillo

Single source

Known for1

Enrique Campos — is known for El viejo valsDec 1951

Single source

Listen

  1. El viejo valsFrancisco Canaro · Charlo1931
  2. El viejo valsFrancisco Rotundo · Floreal Ruiz, Enrique Campos1951
  3. El viejo valsJosé Basso · Eduardo Borda, Quique Ojeda · no clip yet1986

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