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Un infierno

Music by Francisco Rotundo, lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso. 4 recordings in our catalogue, 1953–1955.
1953: 1 · danced 43 times1954: 2 · danced 44 times1955: 1 · danced 33 times
19531955
records madedanced on film, by the record’s year· our catalogue

1953: 1, 43; 1954: 2, 44; 1955: 1, 33

Un infierno was composed by Francisco Rotundo.

Un infierno is a tango.

The lyrics of Un infierno are by Reinaldo Yiso.

every sentence cites a published fact

Credit

Music
Francisco Rotundo
Lyrics
Reinaldo Yiso

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

4 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 3 more we know of

1950

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

  1. Miguel CalóMost dancedAlberto Podestá · Odeon · May 5
    44 dances
    1954
  2. José SalaAlfredo Belusi · Columbia · May 12
    Not danced on film yet
    1954
  3. Francisco RotundoEarliest we holdFloreal Ruiz · Pampa · Dec 14
    43 dances
    1953
  4. Alberto MoránInstrumental
    33 dances
    1955
  5. Jorge FalcónNot in our catalogue
  6. Armando CupoNot in our catalogueAlberto Morán
  7. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Mauré

Lyrics

Español

El agravio de tus labios, que juraron y engañaron, embeleso de tu beso donde preso me quedé. Un zarpazo fue tu abrazo y tu piel de seda y raso, un infierno cruel y eterno donde el alma me quemé. El hastío con su frío hizo nido en todo mío, si quererte fue la muerte, el perderte es morir más. Que misterio es el cariño que en la cruz de tu abandono, todavía te perdono y te quiero mucho más. Clavaste sin temor, con toda el alma, a traición y por la espalda un puñal, ¿y para qué? No ves que estoy herido y te sonrío que aún te llamo cielo mío y que aún beso tu puñal. ¡No lo ves, que pese a todo y contra todo en el cielo o en el lodo yo te quiero siempre igual! Maldecirte, no seguirte, no quererte, aborrecerte, libertarme de tus manos, rosa fresca, no podré. Como un ciego tambaleo sin tu voz, sin tu sonrisa, cielo y brisa, tierra y todo, me recuerda tu querer. Siempre arde, noche y tarde, esa antorcha de tus ojos en tu pelo soy abrojo que pretende ser clavel, como hiedra que se aferra a la piedra inevitable, de tu amor inolvidable aferrado me quedé.

English · machine translation

The offense of your lips, which swore and deceived, the rapture of your kiss where I remained a prisoner. A claw was your embrace and your silk and satin skin, a cruel and eternal hell where my soul burned. The cold boredom made a nest in all of me, If loving you was death, losing you is to die more. What a mystery is the love that in the cross of your abandonment, I still forgive you and love you much more. You nailed without fear, with all your soul, treacherously and in the back a dagger, and for what? Can't you see that I am wounded and I smile at you that I still call you my heaven and that I still kiss your dagger. Don't you see, that despite everything and against everything in the sky or in the mud I love you always the same! To curse you, not to follow you, not to love you, to abhor you, to free myself from your hands, fresh rose, I will not be able to. Like a blind man I stagger without your voice, without your smile, sky and breeze, earth and everything, reminds me of your love. Always burns, night and evening, that torch of your eyes in your hair I am a thistle that pretends to be a carnation, like ivy that clings to the inevitable stone, I clung to your unforgettable love.

Danced to it

Music from 1953–1955 · danced on film 2010–2026

20102026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2010: 1, 2012: 1, 2013: 10, 2014: 13, 2015: 16, 2016: 12, 2017: 5, 2018: 11, 2019: 9, 2020: 2, 2021: 4, 2022: 16, 2023: 11, 2024: 4, 2025: 3, 2026: 2

Where it is danced

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

  1. Club ArquitecturaAgronomía
    1 performance
  2. Club GricelSan Cristóbal
    1 performance
  3. Club Social y Deportivo Fulgor de Villa CrespoVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  4. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
  5. La Comedia TangoRecoleta
    1 performance
  6. 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

Composer1

Composed by Francisco Rotundo

Supported · 2

In other catalogues2

TodoTango · tema/2517

Single source

tango.info · T0370320141

Single source

Is a1

Is a Tango

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Reinaldo Yiso

Single source

Known for1

Francisco Rotundo — is known for Un infierno

Single source

Listen

  1. Un infiernoFrancisco Rotundo · Floreal Ruiz1953
  2. Un infiernoMiguel Caló · Alberto Podestá1954
  3. Un infiernoJosé Sala · Alfredo Belusi1954
  4. Un infiernoAlberto Morán · Alberto Morán1955

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