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El cielo en las manos · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1951

Osvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeon
Music by Astor Piazzolla. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1951–1951.

Who recorded it

Every version1

Earliest we hold: Osvaldo Pugliese, 1951

  1. Osvaldo PuglieseAlberto Morán1951

Pinned at 1951 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Osvaldo Pugliese recordings indexed 1943–1986 · gold: Mature style, 1950–1954

El cielo en las manos · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1951 was sung by Alberto Morán.†† El cielo en las manos · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1951 is a tango.† El cielo en las manos · Osvaldo Pugliese · 1951 lasts 02:57.†

The song

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1 orchestra recorded it

2 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Astor Piazzolla
Words
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Lyrics

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Como si tuviera el cielo en las manos cuando por las noches suelo acariciar la cabeza tierna de mi santa madre y así me quisiera por siempre quedar cuando yo la veo silenciosamente cruzar los rincones del humilde hogar y ocultar su cara repentinamente es por una pena que la hace llorar. Pasamos la vida buscando una dicha, buscando pasamos mil cosas tal vez. Es un pedacito de cielo su cara que está a nuestro alcance y que se nos va, de qué vale entonces llorarla y nombrarla si ya hemos perdido la felicidad. Cada vez que veo pasar a mi lado los cabellos blancos de alguna mujer pienso en esos niños, los abandonados, que no han conocido su madre al nacer. Venero a la mía de cabellos canos bendigo su nombre al pie del altar, cada beso suyo es cielo en las manos el cielo de un beso que no he de olvidar.

English · machine translation

As if I held heaven in my hands when in the nights I sometimes stroke the tender head of my saintly mother and I would want to stay like that forever when I watch her silently cross the corners of our humble home and suddenly hide her face it's because of some sorrow that makes her weep. We spend our lives searching for a happiness, searching we let a thousand things go by. Her face is a little piece of heaven that is within our reach and that slips away from us, what good is it then to weep for her and speak her name if we have already lost our happiness. Every time I see the white hair of some woman pass beside me I think of those children, the abandoned ones, who never knew their mother at birth. I revere my own with her grey hair I bless her name at the foot of the altar, every kiss of hers is heaven in my hands the heaven of a kiss I'll never forget.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1951 to 1951.

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

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  1. Osvaldo PuglieseEarliest we holdMost dancedEl cielo en las manosOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeon
    2 dances
    1951
  2. Edmundo RiveroNot in our catalogue
  3. Víctor BuchinoNot in our catalogueEdmundo Rivero

One recording

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Osvaldo Pugliese

El cielo en las manosOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto MorántangoOdeon

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Recorded the same day

What else Osvaldo Pugliese recorded on Oct 2, 1951.

  1. El refránOsvaldo PuglieseinstrumentaltangoOdeon

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Singers1

Sung by Alberto MoránOct 2, 1951

In other catalogues5

tango.info · 02480002334262-2-5

tango.info · 02480002159124-1-8

tango.info · 04024236201761-1-9

tango.info · 00724354170324-1-5

tango.info · 07798108080422-2-2

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 02:57

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. El cielo en las manosOsvaldo PuglieseAlberto Morán

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