Song
Los despojos
1947: 2, 103; 1968: 1, 0; 1969: 1, 0; 2014: 1, 2; 2020: 1, 0
Miguel Caló’s 1947 version holds 98% of its dancing (103 of 105).
How we know
Of the dances to its 6 recordings in our catalogue. Dances count filmed Occasions on TangoTube.
Los despojos was composed by José Dames.
Los despojos is a tango.
Los despojos was published in 1945.
The lyrics of Los despojos are by Horacio Sanguinetti.
Los despojos: Los Despojos was in Troilo's live repertoire and broadcast on Radio El Mundo in 1947 but never issued on shellac; the surviving recording comes from a radio acetate restored for the 2014 'Pichuco 100 años' reissue. The only commercially released studio recording of the song is by a different orchestra, Miguel Caló.
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Credit
- Music
- José Dames
- Lyrics
- Horacio Sanguinetti
Source: TangoCloud catalogue
Every recording
6 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of
Choose A and B on two recordings to hear them one after the other.
- Miguel CalóEarliest we holdMost dancedRaúl Iriarte · Odeon · May 9103 dances1947
- José BassoJuan Carlos Godoy · Music HallNot danced on film yet1969
- Orquesta Francini-PontierRoberto Rufino · Jun 11Not danced on film yet1947
- Fulvio SalamancaJulio RodolfoNot danced on film yet1968
- Orquesta Romantica MilongueraXimena Gimenez · Nov 1Not danced on film yet2020
- Orquesta Típica Sans SouciEl Chino Laborde2 dances2014
- Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogueFloreal Ruíz1947
- Enrique Francini, Armando PontierNot in our catalogueRoberto Rufino · Jun 111947
- Aníbal TroiloNot in our catalogue
Lyrics
Español
Ven, levántate no llores, no me jures ni me implores, yo esperé que alguna vez hincándote a mis pies traerías tus dolores. Mas los años que pasaron, mis rencores atenuaron. Y hoy que al fin te vuelvo a ver, no llores, por favor, que ya te perdoné. Despojos solamente quedan hoy, despojos de tu amor y de mi amor. ¿Por qué has vuelto así con las sombras del ayer, arrastrando tu vejez junto a mí? Mira como estoy por estar lejos de ti, yo también envejecí de dolor. Hoy somos los despojos, nada más, no sé si has hecho bien en regresar. Como el sol reseca el lodo... Borra el tiempo, todo, todo... Y se aprende a perdonar De nuevo al encontrar La vida en un recodo... Una luz en mis tinieblas Es tu nombre hecho de niebla, Puede ser que salga el sol Detrás de tu dolor Detrás de mi dolor…
English · machine translation
Come, get up, don't cry, do not swear or implore me, I hoped that sometime kneeling at my feet you would bring your pains. But the years that passed, my resentments attenuated. And today that at last I see you again, don't cry, please, I have already forgiven you. Only the remains are left today, the remains of your love and of my love. Why have you come back like this with the shadows of yesterday, dragging your old age with me? Look how I am for being far from you, I too grew old with pain. Today we are the remains, nothing more, I don't know if you've done well to return. As the sun dries the mud... Time erases everything, everything, everything... And you learn to forgive Again when you find Life in a bend... A light in my darkness Is your name made of fog, May the sun rise Behind your pain Behind my pain...
Danced to it
Music from 1947–2020 · danced on film 2010–2026
2010: 1, 2011: 2, 2012: 5, 2013: 6, 2014: 7, 2015: 6, 2016: 10, 2017: 6, 2018: 4, 2019: 7, 2020: 2, 2021: 1, 2022: 4, 2023: 4, 2024: 3, 2025: 4, 2026: 2
Where it is danced
The places our videos show it danced, by performances filmed there.
Data: recordings, facts and sources
Composer1
Composed by José Dames
Supported · 2In other catalogues2
TodoTango · tema/705
Single sourcetango.info · T0370252575
Single sourceIs a1
Is a Tango
Single sourcePublished1
Published 1945
Single sourceLyricist1
Lyrics by Horacio Sanguinetti
Single sourceNotes1
Los Despojos was in Troilo's live repertoire and broadcast on Radio El Mundo in 1947 but never issued on shellac; the surviving recording comes from a radio acetate restored for the 2014 'Pichuco 100 años' reissue. The only commercially released studio recording of the song is by a different orchestra, Miguel Caló.
Single sourceListen
- Los despojosMiguel Caló · Raúl Iriarte1947
- Los despojosOrquesta Francini-Pontier · Roberto Rufino1947
- Los despojosFulvio Salamanca · Julio Rodolfo · no clip yet1968
- Los despojosJosé Basso · Juan Carlos Godoy · no clip yet1969
- Los despojosOrquesta Típica Sans Souci · El Chino Laborde2014
- Los despojosOrquesta Romantica Milonguera · Ximena Gimenez · no clip yet2020
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