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Un infierno · Francisco Rotundo · 1953

Francisco RotundoFloreal RuiztangoPampa
Music by Francisco Rotundo, lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1953–1955.

Who recorded it

Every version4

Earliest we hold: Francisco Rotundo, 1953

  1. Miguel CalóAlberto Podestá1954
  2. José SalaAlfredo Belusi1954
  3. Francisco RotundoFloreal Ruiz1953
  4. Alberto Morán1955

Pinned at 1953 · Golden Age 1935–1954 · Francisco Rotundo recordings indexed 1948–1957

Un infierno · Francisco Rotundo · 1953 was sung by Floreal Ruiz.† Un infierno · Francisco Rotundo · 1953 is a tango.† Un infierno · Francisco Rotundo · 1953 lasts 03:10.†

The song

The piece as people name it, whoever plays it.

4 orchestras recorded it

120 Dances filmed to it

Who wrote it

Music
Francisco Rotundo
Words
Reinaldo Yiso
Written
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First played
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Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Lyrics

Español

El agravio de tus labios, que juraron y engañaron, embeleso de tu beso donde preso me quedé. Un zarpazo fue tu abrazo y tu piel de seda y raso, un infierno cruel y eterno donde el alma me quemé. El hastío con su frío hizo nido en todo mío, si quererte fue la muerte, el perderte es morir más. Que misterio es el cariño que en la cruz de tu abandono, todavía te perdono y te quiero mucho más. Clavaste sin temor, con toda el alma, a traición y por la espalda un puñal, ¿y para qué? No ves que estoy herido y te sonrío que aún te llamo cielo mío y que aún beso tu puñal. ¡No lo ves, que pese a todo y contra todo en el cielo o en el lodo yo te quiero siempre igual! Maldecirte, no seguirte, no quererte, aborrecerte, libertarme de tus manos, rosa fresca, no podré. Como un ciego tambaleo sin tu voz, sin tu sonrisa, cielo y brisa, tierra y todo, me recuerda tu querer. Siempre arde, noche y tarde, esa antorcha de tus ojos en tu pelo soy abrojo que pretende ser clavel, como hiedra que se aferra a la piedra inevitable, de tu amor inolvidable aferrado me quedé.

English · machine translation

The offense of your lips, which swore and deceived, the rapture of your kiss where I remained a prisoner. A claw was your embrace and your silk and satin skin, a cruel and eternal hell where my soul burned. The cold boredom made a nest in all of me, If loving you was death, losing you is to die more. What a mystery is the love that in the cross of your abandonment, I still forgive you and love you much more. You nailed without fear, with all your soul, treacherously and in the back a dagger, and for what? Can't you see that I am wounded and I smile at you that I still call you my heaven and that I still kiss your dagger. Don't you see, that despite everything and against everything in the sky or in the mud I love you always the same! To curse you, not to follow you, not to love you, to abhor you, to free myself from your hands, fresh rose, I will not be able to. Like a blind man I stagger without your voice, without your smile, sky and breeze, earth and everything, reminds me of your love. Always burns, night and evening, that torch of your eyes in your hair I am a thistle that pretends to be a carnation, like ivy that clings to the inevitable stone, I clung to your unforgettable love.

Every version

Computed from the catalogue, not yet written by anyone

The catalogue holds 4 recordings of this song by 4 orchestras, 1953 to 1955.
1950
Recordings of Un infierno · Francisco Rotundo · 1953 by year, taller the more they are danced · 4 of 4 recordings carry a year · read Nov 2, 2026

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of

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

The leader is Miguel Caló, 1954, with 37% of the 120 filmed dances matched to a version of this song.

4 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. Miguel CalóMost dancedUn infiernoMiguel CalóAlberto PodestátangoOdeon
    44 dances · 37%
    1954
  2. Francisco RotundoEarliest we holdUn infiernoFrancisco RotundoFloreal RuiztangoPampa
    43 dances · 36%
    1953
  3. Alberto MoránUn infiernoAlberto Moránsungtango
    33 dances · 28%
    1955
  4. José SalaUn infiernoJosé SalaAlfredo BelusitangoColumbia
    No match yet
    1954
  5. Jorge FalcónNot in our catalogue
  6. Armando CupoNot in our catalogueAlberto Morán
  7. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Mauré

One recording

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

Francisco Rotundo

Un infiernoFrancisco RotundoFloreal RuiztangoPampa

Couples filmed dancing this recording · 40 Performances

Recorded the same day

What else Francisco Rotundo recorded on Dec 14, 1953.

  1. Justo el 31Francisco RotundoJulio SosatangoPampa

Danced to it

Music from 1953 · danced on film 2010–2026

20102026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2012: 1, 2013: 5, 2014: 4, 2015: 5, 2016: 4, 2017: 1, 2018: 1, 2019: 2, 2022: 3, 2023: 1, 2025: 1, 2026: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    1 performance
  2. Club Social y Deportivo Fulgor de Villa CrespoVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  3. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
  4. La Comedia TangoRecoleta
    1 performance
  5. MarabúSan Nicolás
    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.

3 of 4 complete sets on film

  1. Carlitos Espinoza and Noelia Hurtado

    2015 · In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Un infiernoFrancisco Rotundo, 1953
    2. 2Andate por diosJuan D'Arienzo, 1957
    3. 3Cantando se van las penasRodolfo Biagi, 1940
    4. 4Tres amigosAníbal Troilo, 1944
    Watch it on TangoTube
  2. Facundo de la Cruz and Noelia Hurtado

    In the order danced: the video titles number them

    1. 1Un infiernoFrancisco Rotundo, 1953
    2. 2El puntazoJuan D'Arienzo, 1952
    3. 3A mis compañerosOsvaldo Pugliese, 1956
    4. 4Mi romanceRicardo Tanturi, 1941
    Watch it on TangoTube
  3. Carla Rossi and Santiago Castro

    2015 · In upload order: nobody has said the order danced

    1. 1La milonga de Buenos AiresQuinteto Pirincho (Francisco Canaro), 1947
    2. 2Un infiernoFrancisco Rotundo, 1953
    3. 3El Nene del AbastoJuan D'Arienzo, 1951
    Watch it on TangoTube

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Danced alongside it

Our data: the recordings most often danced in the same filmed Performance as this one (one Couple dancing one to eight songs). Nearer the middle, more Performances.

  1. 1Milonga del recuerdoJuan D'Arienzo, 1939 · danced together in 3 Performances
  2. 2El puntazoJuan D'Arienzo, 1952 · danced together in 3 Performances
  3. 3Milonga de la puteadaEsteban Morgado, 2007 · danced together in 3 Performances
  4. 4Rie payasoJuan D'Arienzo, 1940 · danced together in 2 Performances
  5. 5Andate por diosJuan D'Arienzo, 1957 · danced together in 2 Performances
  6. 6Tres amigosAníbal Troilo, 1944 · danced together in 2 Performances

Cite this

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues5

tango.info · 08427328140089-1-19

tango.info · 02480002028383-1-3

tango.info · 00884385555658-2-11

tango.info · 07798108081917-2-14

tango.info · 00724354171123-1-2

Singers1

Sung by Floreal Ruiz

Is a1

Is a tango

Duration1

Duration 03:10

Vocal1

Vocal sung

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  1. Un infiernoFrancisco RotundoFloreal Ruiz

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