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Tristeza marina · José Basso · 1986

Music by José Dames, Roberto Flores, lyrics by Horacio Sanguinetti. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1943–2020.
1943: 3 · danced 110 times1986: 1 · danced 0 times2020: 1 · danced 0 times
1943’50’60’70’80’90’00’102020
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1943: 3, 110; 1986: 1, 0; 2020: 1, 0

  1. Carlos Di Sarli’s 1943 version holds 87% of its dancing (96 of 110).

    How we know

    Of the dances to its 5 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.

Credit

Music
José Dames, Roberto Flores
Lyrics
Horacio Sanguinetti

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 8 more we know of

1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20

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

  1. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedRoberto Rufino · RCA Victor · Sep 7
    96 dances
    1943
  2. Francisco CanaroEduardo Adrian · Odeon · Nov 10
    Not danced on film yet
    1943
  3. José GarciaEarliest we holdAlfredo Rojas · May 15
    14 dances
    1943
  4. José BassoQuique Ojeda
    Not danced on film yet
    1986
  5. Orquesta Típica SilencioHernán Genovese · Jun 1
    Not danced on film yet
    2020
  6. Roberto FloresNot in our catalogue1943
  7. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogueAug 111943
  8. Mario MauranoNot in our catalogueLibertad Lamarque · Aug 111943
  9. Francisco CanaroNot in our catalogueDalva de Oliveira · May 201957
  10. Los Solistas de D'ArienzoNot in our catalogueWalter Gutiérrez1984
  11. Libertad LamarqueNot in our catalogue
  12. Porfirio DíazNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  13. Orquesta Típica Gente de tangoNot in our catalogueHéctor Morano

Lyrics

Español

Tú quieres más el mar, me dijo con dolor y el cristal de su voz se quebró. Recuerdo su mirar con luz de anochecer y esta frase como una obsesión: 'Tienes que elegir entre tu mar y mi amor'. Yo le dije: 'No' y ella dijo: 'Adiós'. Su nombre era Margó, llevaba boina azul y en su pecho colgaba una cruz. Mar... Mar, hermano mío... Mar... En tu inmensidad hundo con mi barco carbonero mi destino prisionero y mi triste soledad. Mar... Yo no tengo a nadie. Mar... Ya ni tengo amor. Sé que cuando al puerto llegue un día esperando no estará Margó. Mi pena es tempestad que azota el corazón con el viento feroz del dolor. Jamás la olvidaré y siempre escucharé sus palabras como una obsesión: 'Tienes que elegir entre tu mar y mi amor'. Triste, dije: 'No' y escuché su adiós... Su nombre era Margó, llevaba boina azul y en su pecho colgaba una cruz.

English · machine translation

You want the sea more, he said to me with pain and the crystal of his voice broke. I remember her gaze with evening light and this phrase as an obsession: 'You have to choose between your sea and my love.' I said: 'No'. and she said: 'Goodbye'. Her name was Margó, she wore a blue beret and on her chest hung a cross. Mar... Mar, my brother... Sea... In your immensity I sink with my coal ship my imprisoned destiny and my sad loneliness. Sea... I have no one. Sea... I don't even have love anymore. I know that when I arrive at the port one day Margó won't be waiting for me. My sorrow is a storm that whips the heart with the fierce wind of pain. I will never forget her and I will always listen her words as an obsession: 'You have to choose between your sea and my love.' Sad, I said: 'No' and I listened to her goodbye... Her name was Margó, she wore a blue beret and on his chest hung a cross.

What we don't know yet3 of 5 known

The day it was recorded, the record label.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

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  1. Tristeza marinaJosé Garcia · Alfredo Rojas1943

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