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El adiós · Francisco Canaro · 1938

Francisco CanaroRoberto MaidatangoOdeon
Music by Maruja Pacheco Huergo, lyrics by Virgilio San Clemente. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1938–2014.

Who recorded it

Every version6

Earliest we hold: Francisco Canaro, 1938

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseJorge Maciel1963
  2. Edgardo DonatoHoracio Lagos1938
  3. Francisco CanaroRoberto Maida1938
  4. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)Roberto Decarre2014
  5. Orquesta Típica SilencioOmar Fernández2014
  6. Ángel Vargas1954

Pinned at 1938 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Francisco Canaro recordings indexed 1915–1973 · gold: With Maida, 1933–1938

El adiós · Francisco Canaro · 1938 was sung by Roberto Maida.†† El adiós · Francisco Canaro · 1938 is a tango.† El adiós · Francisco Canaro · 1938 lasts 03:01.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

6 orchestras recorded it

421 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Maruja Pacheco Huergo
Words
Virgilio San Clemente
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

En la tarde que en sombras se moría, buenamente nos dimos el adiós; mi tristeza profunda no veías y al marcharte sonreíamos los dos. Y la desolación, mirándote partir, quebraba de emoción mi pobre voz... El sueño más feliz, moría en el adiós y el cielo para mí se obscureció. En vano el alma con voz velada volcó en la noche la pena... Sólo un silencio profundo y grave lloraba en mi corazón. Sobre el tiempo transcurrido vives siempre en mí, y estos campos que nos vieron juntos sonreír me preguntan si el olvido me curó de ti. Y entre los vientos se van mis quejas muriendo en ecos, buscándote... mientras que lejos otros brazos y otros besos te aprisionan y me dicen que ya nunca has de volver. Cuando vuelva a lucir la primavera, y los campos se pinten de color, otra vez el dolor y los recuerdos de nostalgias llenarán mi corazón. Las aves poblarán de trinos el lugar y el cielo volcará su claridad... Pero mi corazón en sombras vivirá y el ala del dolor te llamará. En vano el alma dirá a la luna con voz velada la pena... Y habrá un silencio profundo y grave llorando en mi corazón.

English · machine translation

In the afternoon that was dying in shadows, we said good-bye to each other; my deep sadness you did not see and when you left, we both smiled. And the desolation, watching you go, broke my poor voice with emotion... The happiest dream, died in the goodbye and the sky darkened for me. In vain the soul with veiled voice poured into the night the sorrow... Only a silence deep and grave cried in my heart. Over the time that has passed you live always in me, and these fields that saw us together smile ask me if oblivion cured me of you. And among the winds my complaints go away dying in echoes, searching for you... while far away other arms and other kisses imprison you and tell me that you will never come back. When the spring comes again and the fields are painted with color, again the pain and the memories of nostalgia will fill my heart. The birds will populate the place with trills and the sky will overturn its clarity... But my heart will live in shadows and the wing of pain will call you. In vain the soul will say to the moon with veiled voice the sorrow... And there will be a silence deep and grave crying in my heart.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 6 recordings of this song by 6 orchestras, 1938 to 2014.
1930’40’50’60’70’80’90’00’10
Recordings of El adiós · Francisco Canaro · 1938 by year, taller the more they are danced · 6 of 6 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 12 more we know of

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

The leader is Osvaldo Pugliese, 1963, with 56% of the 421 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

24 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. Osvaldo PuglieseMost dancedEl adiósOsvaldo PuglieseJorge MacieltangoPhilips
    235 dances · 56%
    1963
  2. Edgardo DonatoEl adiósEdgardo DonatoHoracio LagostangoRCA Victor
    138 dances · 33%
    1938
  3. Ángel VargasEl adiósÁngel VargassungtangoRCA Victor
    27 dances · 6%
    1954
  4. Francisco CanaroEarliest we holdEl adiósFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidatangoOdeon
    17 dances · 4%
    1938
  5. Color Tango (Roberto Alvarez)El adiósColor Tango (Roberto Alvarez)Roberto Decarretango
    4 dances · <1%
    2014
  6. Orquesta Típica SilencioEl adiósOrquesta Típica SilencioOmar Fernándeztango
    No match yet
    2014
  7. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue1938
  8. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogue1938
  9. -unspecified orchestra-Not in our catalogueHugo del Carril1938
  10. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini · Feb 31938
  11. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini · Mar 151938
  12. Armando LacavaNot in our catalogueÁngel Vargas · Jan 281954
  13. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogue1973
  14. Rosaura SilvestreNot in our catalogue1995
  15. Ángel CárdenasNot in our catalogue
  16. Ignacio CorsiniNot in our catalogue
  17. Hugo del CarrilNot in our catalogue
  18. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueIgnacio Corsini

One recording

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

Francisco Canaro

El adiósFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidatangoOdeon

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 18 Performances

Recorded the same day

What else Francisco Canaro recorded on Mar 3, 1938.

  1. La melodía de nuestro adiósFrancisco CanaroinstrumentaltangoOdeon
  2. Milonga del corazónFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidamilongaOdeon
  3. Cuando el corazónFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidatangoOdeon
  4. PacienciaFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidatangoOdeon
  5. Hay que aclararFrancisco CanaroRoberto MaidatangoOdeon

Danced to it

Music from 1938 · danced on film 2007–2024

20072024
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2007: 2, 2008: 2, 2009: 1, 2011: 1, 2012: 1, 2013: 1, 2015: 1, 2017: 3, 2022: 3, 2024: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    1 performance
  2. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance

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.

The one complete set on film

  1. Christos Glossis and Magda Voukelatou

    2022 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Por la vueltaJosé Basso, 1956
    2. 2El adiósFrancisco Canaro, 1938
    3. 3NostalgiasHugo Diaz, 1972
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Cite this

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Singers1

Sung by Roberto MaidaMar 3, 1938

In other catalogues9

tango.info · 00604988030426-1-2

tango.info · 00724354169120-1-11

tango.info · 02480002031024-1-9

tango.info · 02480002040903-1-6

tango.info · 02480002743606-2-1

tango.info · 04988006679276-1-19

tango.info · 07798145106376-1-14

tango.info · 08427328140263-1-16

tango.info · 08427328146012-1-12

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:01

Vocal1

Vocal sung

Listen

  1. El adiósFrancisco CanaroRoberto Maida

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