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Viejo portón

Music by Héctor Palacios. 1 recordings in our catalogue, 1938–1938.

Viejo portón was composed by Héctor Palacios.††

Credit

Music
Héctor Palacios

Source: TangoCloud catalogue

Every recording

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

  1. Rodolfo BiagiEarliest we holdMost dancedTeófilo Ibáñez · Odeon · Oct 17
    545 dances
    1938
  2. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Palacios1938
  3. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Palacios · Nov 281938
  4. Miguel VillasboasNot in our catalogueInstrumental
  5. -unspecified guitars-Not in our catalogueHéctor Palacios

Lyrics

Español

Sangraba en la noche, su canto de angustia, Tus labios temblaban de intensa emoción, Estrofas dolientes, humildes y mustias Colgó del alero del viejo portón. En sombras envueltos, sin más compañía, Que el dulce recuerdo de un hondo querer, Así su guitarra, profunda gemía Vibraban sus cuerdas, como una mujer. Súplicas del viento, voces de los llanos Rezos angustiosos, quejas de dolor, Pájaro errante que una primavera Como un sol de fuego chamuscó el amor. Fuerte el cariño, como un algarrobo Que un hachazo al tiempo, fácil lo partió, Y hoy en el silencio largo de una ausencia Llora una guitarra, junto a su cantor. ¡Te quiero!, susurran, a orillas del río Las largas melenas, del sauce llorón, Florecen los ceibos que moja el rocío Tristón en su rojo, como un corazón. Las aves y el viento musitan: ¡Te quiero! Te dicen cantares con santo fervor, Mas yo en mi silencio, paciente te espero Y rondo en tu vida como un girasol.

English · machine translation

It bled in the night, its song of anguish, Your lips trembled with intense emotion, Sorrowful, humble and mournful stanzas Hung from the eaves of the old gate. In shadows wrapped, with no other company, Than the sweet memory of a deep love, Thus his guitar, deep moaned His strings vibrated, like a woman. Pleas of the wind, voices of the plains Anguished prayers, complaints of pain, Wandering bird that one spring Like a fiery sun scorched love. Strong the affection, like a carob tree That an axe to time, easily split it, And today in the long silence of an absence A guitar cries, together with its singer. I love you, they whisper, on the banks of the river The long manes of the weeping willow, The ceiba trees bloom, wet with dew. Sad in its red, like a heart. The birds and the wind whisper: I love you! They sing to you with holy fervor, But I in my silence, patiently wait for you And hover in your life like a sunflower.

Danced to it

Music from 1938 · danced on film 2000–2026

20002026
By the year it was danced; each dance counts once, however many channels filmed it

2000: 1, 2005: 2, 2006: 2, 2007: 3, 2008: 8, 2009: 15, 2010: 33, 2011: 30, 2012: 38, 2013: 57, 2014: 38, 2015: 51, 2016: 49, 2017: 33, 2018: 29, 2019: 32, 2020: 7, 2021: 11, 2022: 26, 2023: 25, 2024: 25, 2025: 17, 2026: 6

Where it is danced

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

  1. Sunderland ClubVilla Urquiza
    5 performances
  2. Club Sin RumboVilla Urquiza
    3 performances
  3. Salón CanningPalermo
    3 performances
  4. Club Social y Deportivo Villa MalcolmVilla Crespo
    2 performances
  5. Salón El Pial (La Baldosa)Flores
    2 performances
  6. Club Social y Deportivo Glorias ArgentinasMataderos
    1 performance
  7. El Yeite Tango ClubVilla Crespo
    1 performance
  8. La MilonguitaColegiales
    1 performance
  9. La Viruta (Centro Armenio)Palermo
    1 performance
  10. Salón La NacionalMonserrat
    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

19381938

1938: 1

Composer1

Composed by Héctor Palacios

Supported · 2

In other catalogues2

tango.info · T0370029836

Single source

TodoTango · tema/3915

Single source

Listen

  1. Viejo portónRodolfo Biagi · Teófilo Ibáñez1938

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