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Un placer

Music by Vicente Romeo, lyrics by Juan Andrés Caruso. 5 recordings in our catalogue, 1933–1958.

Un placer was composed by Vicente Romeo.

Un placer is a vals.

The lyrics of Un placer are by Juan Andrés Caruso.

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Credit

Music
Vicente Romeo
Lyrics
Juan Andrés Caruso

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

5 recordings · our catalogue, dances filmed on TangoTube · 14 more we know of

  1. Roberto FirpoNot in our catalogueInstrumental1922
  2. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Apr 231931
  3. Orquesta Típica Los Provincianos (Ciriaco Ortiz)Earliest we holdCarlos Lafuente · Apr 11
    4 dances
    1933
  4. Juan D'ArienzoWalter Cabral · RCA Victor · Apr 3
    18 dances
    1936
  5. Aníbal TroiloMost dancedInstrumental · RCA Victor · Jun 12
    21 dances
    1942
  6. José BassoFrancisco Fiorentino, Ricardo Ruiz · Odeon · Aug 14
    Not danced on film yet
    1949
  7. Enrique MoraNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Oct 261951
  8. Cuarteto Troilo-GrelaNot in our catalogueInstrumental1953
  9. Cuarteto Troilo-GrelaNot in our catalogueInstrumental1954
  10. José BassoFloreal Ruiz, Alfredo Belusi · Odeon · Oct 7
    1 dance
    1958
  11. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogueInstrumental · Sep 251961
  12. Hugo Díaz, José Colángelo, Omar José MurtaghNot in our catalogueInstrumental1997
  13. Juanjo DomínguezNot in our catalogueInstrumental2004
  14. Hugo DíazNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  15. Juan Félix MaglioNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  16. -unspecified male-Not in our catalogue
  17. Jorge DragoneNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  18. Rafael RossiNot in our catalogue-unspecified male-
  19. Trio PantangoNot in our catalogueInstrumental

Lyrics

Español

Linda mariposa tú eres mi alegría y tus colores de rosa te hacen tan hermosa que en el alma mía tu imagen quedó. Por eso a tu reja hoy vengo a cantarte, para decirte, mi diosa, que eres muy hermosa y no puedo olvidarte que antes de dejarte prefiero la muerte que sólo con verte es para mí un placer. Sin tu amor ya no puedo vivr. ¡Oh! ven pronto no me hagas penar. De tus labios yo quiero sentir el placer que se siente al besar. Y por eso en mi canto te ruego que apagues el fuego que hay dentro de mí. Oye amada mía tuyo es mi querer, que tuya es el alma mía toda mi poesía mis alegres días, hermosa mujer. Sale a tu ventana que quiero admirarte. Sale mi rosa temprana, hermosa galana, que yo quiero hablarte y quiero robarte tu querer que es santo porque te amo tanto que no puedo más. Y si el destino de ti me separa nunca podre ser feliz y antes prefiero morir. Porque tu cariño es mi vida entera. Tu has de ser la postrera, la dulce compañera que ayer soñé.

English · machine translation

Beautiful butterfly you are my joy and your rose colors make you so beautiful that in my soul your image remained. That's why I come to your grille today I come to sing to you, to tell you, my goddess, that you are very beautiful and I cannot forget you that before leaving you I prefer death that just seeing you is a pleasure for me. Without your love I can no longer live. Oh, come quickly, don't make me suffer. From your lips I want to feel the pleasure of kissing. And that's why in my song I beg you to extinguish the fire that is within me. Listen my beloved my love is yours, that mine soul is yours all my poetry my joyful days, beautiful woman. Go out to your window I want to admire you. My early rose comes out, beautiful gallant, I want to talk to you and I want to steal from you your love that is holy because I love you so much that I can't do it anymore. And if destiny separates me from you I can never be happy and I'd rather die first. Because your love is my whole life. You have to be the last one, the sweet companion I dreamed of yesterday.

Danced to it

Music from 1933–1958 · danced on film 2003–2025

20032025
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2003: 1, 2011: 1, 2012: 2, 2013: 6, 2014: 3, 2015: 8, 2016: 4, 2017: 4, 2018: 2, 2019: 3, 2022: 2, 2023: 5, 2024: 3, 2025: 1

Sebastian Jimenez & Veronica PalaciosWorld Champion · Tango de Salón 20102023 · 2:28

Through the decades

  1. The 2000sRoberto Herrera2003
  2. The 2010sLorena Goldstein2019
  3. The 2020sSebastian Jimenez & Veronica Palacios2023

Where it is danced

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

  1. Salón CanningPalermo
    2 performances
  2. Espacio Riobamba (Club Castel)Balvanera
    1 performance
  3. 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

Recordings by year

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

19331958

1933: 1, 1936: 1, 1942: 1, 1949: 1, 1958: 1

Composer1

Composed by Vicente Romeo

Supported · 2

In other catalogues3

TodoTango · tema/2397

Single source

tango.info · T0370022960

Single source

MusicBrainz · a7d87131-4de1-477f-9e9f-178bf93e475esource

Single source

Is a1

Is a Vals

Single source

Lyricist1

Lyrics by Juan Andrés Caruso

Single source

Listen

  1. Un placerOrquesta Típica Los Provincianos (Ciriaco Ortiz) · Carlos Lafuente1933
  2. Un placerJuan D'Arienzo · Walter Cabral1936
  3. Un placerAníbal Troilo1942
  4. Un placerJosé Basso · Francisco Fiorentino, Ricardo Ruiz1949
  5. Un placerJosé Basso · Floreal Ruiz, Alfredo Belusi1958

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