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Si yo pudiera comprender

Music by Miguel Caló, lyrics by Oscar Rubens. 3 recordings in our catalogue, 1944–2020.
1944: 2 · danced 36 times2020: 1 · danced 4 times
1944’60’70’80’90’00’102020
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1944: 2, 36; 2020: 1, 4

Si yo pudiera comprender is a tango.

Si yo pudiera comprender was composed by Miguel Caló.

The lyrics of Si yo pudiera comprender are by Oscar Rubens.

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Credit

Music
Miguel Caló
Lyrics
Oscar Rubens

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

3 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube

1940’50’60’70’80’90’00’10’20

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

  1. Miguel CalóEarliest we holdMost dancedRaúl Iriarte · Odeon · Jan 28
    36 dances
    1944
  2. Osvaldo FresedoOscar Serpa · RCA Victor · Jul 31
    Not danced on film yet
    1944
  3. Orquesta Típica Sans SouciEmiliano Castignola · Feb 18
    4 dances
    2020

Lyrics

Español

Viéndote alejar te supliqué Mas todo en vano fue ... Ya no me amabas. Junto con la frase del adiós Moría aquel amor Que tanto idolatré. La noche fue invadiendo el alma mía Y en esta oscuridad me pregunté: ¿Qué es lo que faltó? ¿Qué no te di? Si sólo para ti Vivía yo, corazón. Si yo pudiera comprender Qué razón te alejó, Si yo pudiera comprender ¿Por qué? ¿Por qué he perdido tu querer? ¿Por qué? La vida, el alma, el corazón Daría por tu amor, Tu amor que ya no está... Por eso en esta soledad Pienso aún, qué pasó? Ya no alumbra el sol en mi vivir Y siento que sin ti La vida es triste... Tanto te entregué mi corazón Que sólo me quedó Despojos nada más... Mis ojos quieren verte a cada instante ... Y sólo puedo ver mi gran dolor... Tanto que te amé... ¿Y para qué? Si al fin, al fin, ¡Ya ves! Sufriendo estoy por tu amor.

English · machine translation

Seeing you go away I begged you But all in vain ... You no longer loved me. Together with the farewell phrase That love died That I idolized so much. The night was invading my soul And in this darkness I asked myself: What was missing, what didn't I give you? If only for you I lived, my heart. If I could understand What reason drove you away, If I could understand Why? Why have I lost your love? Why? My life, my soul, my heart I would give for your love, Your love that is no more... That's why in this loneliness I still think, what happened? The sun no longer shines on my life And I feel that without you Life is sad... I gave you my heart so much That all that's left for me Nothing more than scraps... My eyes want to see you at every moment ... And I can only see my great pain... So much I loved you... And for what? If at last, at last, you see! I'm suffering for your love.

Danced to it

Music from 1944–2020 · danced on film 2014–2026

20142026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2014: 1, 2017: 1, 2018: 3, 2019: 1, 2020: 1, 2021: 1, 2022: 2, 2023: 2, 2024: 5, 2025: 1, 2026: 2

Where it is danced

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

  1. El Zorzal CulturalBalvanera
    2 performances
  2. MarabúSan Nicolás
    1 performance

What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

The year it was written.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/4740

Single source

tango.info · Z0000066502

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

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Composer1

Composed by Miguel Caló

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Lyricist1

Lyrics by Oscar Rubens

Single source

Listen

  1. Si yo pudiera comprenderMiguel Caló · Raúl Iriarte1944
  2. Si yo pudiera comprenderOsvaldo Fresedo · Oscar Serpa1944
  3. Si yo pudiera comprenderOrquesta Típica Sans Souci · Emiliano Castignola2020

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