Sosteniendo recuerdos

Sosteniendo recuerdos is a Tango written by Lucio Demare and recorded by Osvaldo Fresedo in 1952. The Tango Sosteniendo recuerdos is written by Lucio Demare, Osvaldo Fresedo has recorded Sosteniendo recuerdos with the singer Héctor Pacheco.

“Sosteniendo recuerdos,” or “Holding Memories,” is a poignant dance of notes that cradles the soul. With every rise and fall of its melody, it tenderly lifts fragments of the past, allowing them to linger in the present. The music captures moments lost in time, offering a gentle embrace to the echoes of yesteryears.

Tango

Style

Osvaldo Fresedo

Orchestra

Héctor Pacheco

Singer

Homero Manzi

Author

Lucio Demare

Composer

1952/10/16

Date

Héctor Pacheco

Osvaldo Fresedo

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Lyrics Translation of the Tango Sosteniendo recuerdos

This is the translation of the Tango “Sosteniendo recuerdos” from Spanish to English. The English lyrics of the Tango “Sosteniendo recuerdos” have been done with AI.

Letra del Tango Sosteniendo recuerdos

Contemplando las tardes
a la sombra del rancho,
parecieras un alma
que se ha puesto a fumar.

Arrugada la cara,
retorcidos los dedos,
desteñidos los ojos
de mirar y mirar.

Tu Jacinta descansa
en la casa del cielo,
tus muchachos son hombres
y los hombres se van…

Sólo quedan tus huesos
sosteniendo recuerdos,
y sobando correas,
y esperando el final.

¡Gaucho viejo!…
Quién te viera,
como entonces china en anca,
veinte abriles y un amor.

¡Quién te viera!…
Surco, reja, pan y mate,
potro, lonja, tropa y huella,
puro brazo y corazón.

¡Gaucho viejo!…
Por las leguas,
vientos Pampas se frotaron
contra el barro de tu piel.

¡Gaucho viejo!…
Tiempos duros,
soles fuertes,
y las frías noches largas,
dibujaron tu vejez.

English lyrics of the Tango "Sosteniendo recuerdos"

Watching the afternoons
in the ranch’s shadow,
you appear like a soul
that has started to smoke.

Face wrinkled,
fingers twisted,
eyes faded
from looking and looking.

Your Jacinta rests
in heaven’s home,
your boys are men
and men depart…

Only your bones remain
holding onto memories,
rubbing straps,
waiting for the end.

Old gaucho!…
Who would see you,
as back then with your girl behind,
twenty springs and a love.

Who would see you!…
Furrow, share, bread and mate,
colt, leather strip, herd and trail,
pure strength and heart.

Old gaucho!…
Through the leagues,
Pampas winds rubbed
against your muddy skin.

Old gaucho!…
Tough times,
strong suns,
and the cold long nights,
sketched out your old age.

Sosteniendo recuerdos by Homero Manzi

Sosteniendo recuerdos is a Tango written by Homero Manzi and composed by Lucio Demare.

Story behind the Tango Sosteniendo recuerdos

The lyrics of “Sosteniendo recuerdos” evoke the poignant decline of a gaucho, reflecting on his life and struggle with the passage of time. The gaucho reminisces about his younger days, his lost love Jacinta who “rests in the house of heaven,” and his sons who have grown up and left. The phrase “Sólo quedan tus huesos sosteniendo recuerdos” translates to “Only your bones remain, supporting memories,” illustrating the gaucho grappling with memories, revealing a life filled with love, but now overshadowed by solitude and melancholy.

Symbolism of Sosteniendo recuerdos

Manzi uses effective symbolism to capture the essence of the gaucho’s life. “Contemplando las tardes a la sombra del rancho,” portrays the gaucho in his environment, suggesting a life interconnected with nature, weathered and beaten by the elements. Phrases like “desteñidos los ojos de mirar y mirar” symbolize the gaucho’s weariness and the profound impact of life’s experiences. The imagery of “sobando correas, y esperando el final” suggests his hands still at work, reflecting commitment and survival, as he awaits his life’s inevitable decline.