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Singer: Francisco CANAROSinger 2: Roberto MaidaComposer: Enrique Santos Discépolo y Francisco PracánicoAuthor: Enrique Santos Discépolo

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Lyrics
Yo quisiera saber
qué destino brutal
me condena al horror
de este infierno en que estoy...
Castigao como un vil,
pa' que sufra en mi error
el fracaso de un ansia de amor.
Condenao al dolor
de saber pa' mi mal
que vos nunca serás,
nunca... no para mi.
Que sos de otro... y que hablar,
es no verte ya más,
es perderte pa' siempre y morir.

He arrastrao llorando
la esperanza de olvidar,
enfangando mi alma
en cien amores, sin piedad.
Sueño inútil. No he podido 
No, olvidar...
Hoy como ayer 
ciego y brutal me abraso
en ansias por vos.

Y lo peor, lo bestial
de este drama sin fin
es que vos ni sabés
de mi amor infernal...
Que me has dao tu amistad
y él me brinda su fe,
y ninguno sospecha mi mal...
¿Quién me hirió de este amor
que no puedo apagar?
¿Quién me empuja a matar la razón
como un vil?
¿Son tus ojos quizás?
¿O es tu voz quien me ató?...
¿O en tu andar se entremece mi amor?
English translation
I would like to know
what brutal destiny
condemns me to the horror
of this hell in which I am...
Punished like a vile man,
for me to suffer in my mistake
the failure of a longing for love.
Condemned to the pain
of knowing to my sorrow
that you will never be,
never... not for me.
That you belong to someone else... and that to speak,
is to not see you anymore,
is to lose you forever and die.

I've dragged along crying
the hope of forgetting,
mired my soul
in a hundred loves, without mercy.
Useless dream. I have not been able
No, forget...
Today as yesterday
blind and brutal I embrace myself
in longing for you.

And the worst, the bestial
of this endless drama
is that you don't even know
of my infernal love...
That you have given me your friendship
and he gives me his faith,
and no one suspects my evil...
Who wounded me with this love
that I cannot extinguish?
Who pushes me to kill my reason
like a vile man?
Is it your eyes perhaps?
Or is it your voice that tied me down?
Or in your walk is my love intertwined?

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