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These Tangos, Valses, and Milongas were recorded around the same time. Take a look to discover what else this orchestra—or others—may have recorded during the same week or even on the exact same day.
Uno is a Tango written by Enrique Santos Discepolo and composed by Mariano Mores.
The lyrics of “Uno” delve into the depths of despair and betrayal felt by those who have lost love. It navigates through intense personal sacrifice, emotional trauma, and the struggle to keep hope alive in the aftermath of betrayal. The protagonist describes a journey of giving oneself completely to love—suffering, bleeding for faith in love, and eventually realizing the emptiness left when that love is not reciprocated. This realization brings about an existential crisis represented by the metaphorical death of the heart—the essence that once fueled the person’s capacity to love and hope.
In “Uno,” there are powerful symbols such as “el corazón que di” (the heart that I gave), which speaks to the notion of losing oneself in the pursuit of love. The heart in the song symbolizes the core of emotional life, and losing it depicts a loss of emotional vitality and purpose. The thorns and the imagery of self-dragging along them underscore life’s many hardships and the pain inherent in loving unconditionally amidst suffering and betrayal. Phrases like “precio de castigo” (price of punishment) and “vacío ya de amar y de llorar” (empty now of loving and crying) suggest that emotional exhaustion and despair are a toll one pays for their unguarded devotion and the cruel lessons of disillusionment in love.
“Uno” was created in 1968, a time when Argentina faced significant social and political upheaval. The personal anguish articulated in the tango could be reflective of a broader sense of disenchantment felt by society. Emotional expressions of pain, abandonment, and betrayal in the song might also mirror public sentiments regarding the societal and political betrayals people experienced. The lamentation of lost innocence and purity, and the inability to love freely, could be interpreted as a metaphor for a nation grappling with its loss of idealism and faith in its promise.
Enrique Santos Discepolo was an influential Argentine musician, playwright, and composer, known for his profound and impactful tangos which often delved into the complexities of human emotion and societal critique.