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Siete palabras

Music by Juan Maglio, lyrics by Alfredo Bigeschi. 6 recordings in our catalogue, 1930–1972.

Siete palabras was composed by Juan Maglio and Juan Félix Maglio.

Siete palabras is a tango.

The lyrics of Siete palabras are by Alfredo Bigeschi.

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Credit

Music
Juan Maglio
Lyrics
Alfredo Bigeschi

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

  1. Orquesta Típica de Juan Maglio "Pacho"Earliest we holdCarlos Viván · Sep 12
    Not danced on film yet
    1930
  2. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueCarlos Viván · Sep 12 · tango.info1930
  3. Cuarteto Típico Los AsesInstrumental · Apr 21
    Not danced on film yet
    1942
  4. Carlos Di SarliMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Aug 29
    94 dances
    1945
  5. Adolfo PérezNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Aug 16 · tango.info1948
  6. Ricardo PedevillaInstrumental · Pampa · Dec 5
    Not danced on film yet
    1951
  7. Carlos Di SarliInstrumental · Music Hall · Jul 22
    Not danced on film yet
    1952
  8. Francisco LauroNot in our catalogueArgentino Oliver · tango.info1952
  9. Miguel VillasboasInstrumental · Dec 18
    Not danced on film yet
    1972
  10. Leopoldo FedericoNot in our catalogueInstrumental · tango.info

Lyrics

Español · Underlined words are lunfardo: tap one for its meaning.

¿No ves qué dolor, qué pesar le quedó a mi fiel y angustiado corazón? Desde aquel día que vos te fuiste, mi vida paso fulero y triste... Qué mal te portaste con el que te supo querer sin falsía y con amor. Y vos echaste todo al olvido, lo que yo he sido para vos... Yo jamás iba a pensar pagaras vos tan mal todo aquel bien que con amor te supe hacer. De la calle te saqué pa’ no verte padecer. Y aquí en mi pobre calmaste tu sufrir, tu padecer y hallaste en mí a un hombre fiel que supo darte calor de nido, abrigo y un puchero pa’ comer. Te faltó la valentía pa’ decirme: ¡Chau me voy... me voy con otro de más hombría, que ya estoy harta de vos! Sólo hallé, sobre la mesa, escritas en un papel, siete palabras que componían tu despedida cruel.

English · machine translation

Don't you see what pain, what sorrow was left to my faithful and anguished heart? Since that day that you left my life has passed so sad and sad... How badly you behaved with the one who knew how to love you without falsehood and with love. And you threw everything into oblivion, what I have been for you... I would never have thought you would pay so badly all that good that with love I knew how to do for you. I took you off the street so as not to see you suffer. And here in my poor bulín you calmed your suffering, your suffering and you found in me a faithful man who knew how to give you the warmth of a nest, shelter and a pot to eat. You lacked the courage to say to me: Bye, I'm leaving... I'm going with someone else with more manhood, I've had enough of you! I only found, on the table, written on a piece of paper, seven words that made up your cruel farewell.

Danced to it

Music from 1930–1972 · danced on film 2005–2026

20052026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2005: 2, 2006: 3, 2007: 1, 2008: 5, 2009: 4, 2010: 4, 2011: 3, 2012: 6, 2013: 5, 2014: 3, 2015: 6, 2016: 8, 2017: 5, 2018: 5, 2019: 4, 2020: 2, 2021: 6, 2022: 5, 2023: 2, 2024: 13, 2025: 8, 2026: 3

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    2 performances
  2. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    1 performance
  3. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    1 performance
  4. La Comedia TangoRecoleta
    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

19301972

1930: 1, 1942: 1, 1945: 1, 1951: 1, 1952: 1, 1972: 1

Composer2

Composed by Juan Maglio

Sources disagree · 2

Composed by Juan Félix Maglio

Sources disagree

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/3655

Single source

tango.info · T0370027090

Single source

MusicBrainz · 566ee6de-f084-4802-bccd-23ebe51829d8source

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Alfredo Bigeschi

Single source

Used in lyric1

bulín — used in lyric Siete palabras

Single source

Listen

  1. Siete palabrasCarlos Viván · no clip yet1930
  2. Siete palabrasCuarteto Típico Los Ases · no clip yet1942
  3. Siete palabrasCarlos Di Sarli1945
  4. Siete palabrasRicardo Pedevilla · no clip yet1951
  5. Siete palabrasCarlos Di Sarli1952
  6. Siete palabrasMiguel Villasboas · no clip yet1972

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