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El plebeyo

Music by Felipe Pinglo. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1947–1947.

Who recorded it

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Earliest we hold: Miguel Caló, 1947

  1. Miguel CalóRaúl Iriarte · Los Trovadores del Peru1947

Versions of El plebeyo recorded 1947

The song

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1 orchestra recorded it

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Who wrote it

Music
Felipe Pinglo
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Lyrics

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La noche cubre ya con su negro crepón, De la ciudad, las calles, que cruzan las gentes Con pausada acción. La luz artificial, con débil proyección Propicia la penumbra que esconde en su sombra Venganza y traición. Después de laborar, vuelve a su humilde hogar, Luis Enrique, el plebeyo, el hijo del pueblo El hombre que supo amar. Y que sufriendo está, esa infamante ley, De amar a una aristócrata Siendo plebeyo él. Trémulo de emoción, dice así en su canción: “El amor siendo humano, tiene algo de divino, Amar no es un delito porque hasta Dios amó, Y si el cariño es puro y el deseo sincero ¿Por qué robarme quieren, la fe del corazón? Mi sangre aunque plebeya, también tiñe de rojo El alma en que se anida mi incomparable amor, Ella de noble cuna y yo humilde plebeyo, No es distinta la sangre ni es otro el corazón Señor, ¿Por qué los seres no son de igual valor?” Así en duelo mortal, abolengo y pasión, En silenciosa lucha, condenarnos suelen A cruento dolor. Al ver que un querer, porque plebeyo es, Delinque si pretende la enguantada mano De fina mujer. El corazón que ve destruido su ideal, Reacciona y se refleja en franca rebeldía Cambiando su humilde faz. El plebeyo de ayer es el rebelde de hoy, Que por doquier pregona La igualdad en el amor.

English · machine translation

The night now covers with its black crape, The streets of the city, which people cross With unhurried movement. The artificial light, with its feeble beam Favours the half-dark that hides in its shadow Vengeance and betrayal. After his work, he returns to his humble home, Luis Enrique, the commoner, son of the people The man who knew how to love. And who is suffering that shaming law, Of loving an aristocrat While he is a commoner. Trembling with feeling, he says in his song: "Love, being human, has something of the divine, To love is no crime because even God loved, And if the affection is pure and the desire sincere Why do they want to rob me of my heart's faith? My blood, though common, also stains red The soul that shelters my incomparable love, She of noble birth and I a humble commoner, The blood is no different nor is the heart another Lord, why are human beings not of equal worth?" And so in mortal duel, lineage and passion, In a silent struggle, tend to condemn us To bloody pain. On seeing that a love, because it is common-born, Commits a crime if it aspires to the gloved hand Of a fine woman. The heart that sees its ideal destroyed, Reacts and shows itself in open rebellion Changing its humble face. The commoner of yesterday is the rebel of today, Who everywhere proclaims Equality in love.

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The catalogue holds 1 recordings of this song by 1 orchestras, 1947 to 1947.

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

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  1. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdEl plebeyoMiguel CalóRaúl Iriarte, Los Trovadores del PeruvalsOdeonMeasured automatically · 135 BPM · E minor1947
  2. Ana MedranoNot in our catalogue
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Miguel Caló

El plebeyoMiguel CalóRaúl Iriarte, Los Trovadores del PeruvalsOdeon

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