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Así es Ninón

Music by Juan Larenza. 2 recordings in our catalogue, 1946–1946.

Así es Ninón was composed by Juan Larenza.†

Credit

Music
Juan Larenza

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

  1. Alfredo De AngelisEarliest we holdCarlos Dante · Odeon · Sep 25
    Not danced on film yet
    1946
  2. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedAlberto Marino · RCA Victor · Sep 25
    16 dances
    1946
  3. Orquesta Típica PorteñaNot in our catalogueRoberto Goyeneche · Jul 7 · tango.info1976

Lyrics

Español

Volcado el pelo en el hombro, negro carbón. La noche parda en sus ojos... Así es Ninón. Callada, triste y serena como los cirios, como la pena. Sencilla y pura todo ternura en su corazón. Pálida de azahar y luna como ninguna... Así es Ninón... Acaso sus pupilas sin auroras no brillan más en el cansancio de las horas y oculten el dolor de un sueño muerto entre las ruinas de un pasado incierto. Tal vez, cuando sus manos olvidadas rasguen su ajuar de novia abandonada, no tenga lágrimas para llorar y mire sin saber dónde mirar. Tras una noche, otra noche. ¡Vano esperar!... Cien lunas fueron cambiando, y el cielo... igual... Rosario de mil desvelos fue encaneciendo su pelo negro, y por su llaga lenta se apaga su alma en un perdón... Vida de sombra, flor ajada por su mirada, así es Ninón.

English · machine translation

Overturned hair on the shoulder, coal black. The brown night in his eyes... That's Ninon. Quiet, sad and serene like candles, like sorrow. Simple and pure all tenderness in her heart. Pale as orange blossom and moon like no other... That's Ninon... Perhaps her pupils without auroras no longer shine in the weariness of the hours and hide the pain of a dead dream among the ruins of an uncertain past. Perhaps, when her forgotten hands tear her abandoned bride's trousseau, she will have no tears to cry and look without knowing where to look. After one night, another night. I can't wait!... A hundred moons were changing, and the sky... the same... Rosary of a thousand sleepless nights her black hair grew gray, and through her sore slowly fades her soul in a pardon... Life of shadow, a flower worn down by her gaze, that's Ninon.

Danced to it

Music from 1946 · danced on film 2017–2026

20172026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2017: 4, 2018: 2, 2019: 2, 2023: 6, 2025: 1, 2026: 1

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    1 performance
  2. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    1 performance

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

19461946

1946: 2

In other catalogues3

tango.info · T0370236988

Single source

TodoTango · tema/1918

Single source

MusicBrainz · 09da7aed-a733-436b-ba31-1e1e74430094source

Single source

Composer1

Composed by Juan Larenza

Single source

Listen

  1. Así es NinónAlfredo De Angelis · Carlos Dante1946
  2. Así es NinónAníbal Troilo · Alberto Marino1946

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