Cortez was born in Rancul, La Pampa Province, Argentina. He began elementary school at the Alberto Williams conservatory at the age of six. He began composing songs at twelve, including "Un cigarrillo, la lluvia y tú". Later he entered Manuel Ignacio Molina de San Rafael Junior High School in Mendoza province. There he continued his studies of music at the Chopin of San Rafael conservatory.
At seventeen, Cortez became the singer of the Arizona orchestra, where he was known as Chiquito García. At eighteen, he went to study in the Social Sciences and Law School of Buenos Aires and sang in bars to help himself with his studies. Later Cortez began to sing in the orchestra of Mario Cardi and was contracted to sing in the San Francisco jazz orchestra. He traveled all over the country with them and began to use his pseudonym "Alberto Cortez" while singing with the orchestra of Armando Pointier. Cortez dropped out of school and dedicated himself fully to music.
Aged twenty, Cortez travelled to Antwerp, Belgium where he recorded his first album. His record "Sucu Sucu" reached number one. Cortez met Renee Govaerts and later married her. After a difficult start he consolidated himself as one of the more renowned composer-singers of Latin America with hits like "Mi árbol y yo", "Mariana", "Como el primer día", "A partir de mañana" and "Callejero".
Cortez and his wife lived in Madrid,Spain.
He died on April 4, 2019 in Madrid, Spain, at 79 years of age.
Mi Primer Amor
Alberto Cortez Lyrics
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que yo recogí del suelo,
para ponerla en su pelo...
y nos reímos los dos.
Empezó con una flor,
con una flor para el pelo,
una flor que desde el suelo
subió a ganar el amor.
Después, nos fuimos caminando
y así, nos fuimos conociendo,
sentí que me había enamorado,
sentí, mi primer sentimiento.
Empezó con una flor
y luego fuimos amantes,
a escondidas y anhelantes,
nos entregamos los dos.
Empezó con una flor
y luego, un cuarto en penumbras,
un cuarto que fue la tumba
donde enterramos la flor.
Después, no volvimos a vernos
y yo, que seguía enamorado,
volví por el viejo sendero
por ver si me había olvidado.
Había otro y otra flor
que recogía del suelo,
para ponerla en su pelo
y se reían los dos.
Había otro y otra flor,
otra flor para su pelo,
otra flor que desde el suelo
subió a ganar mi dolor.
Después, se fueron caminando
y yo me quedé sin aliento,
sentí en mis ojos el llanto,
al ver que se iban riendo.
Todo empezó con la flor
que recogí del suelo,
para ponerla en su pelo
y nos reímos los dos.
Todo empezó con la flor
que siempre está en mi memoria,
porque es parte de la historia
de aquel, mi primer amor.
The song "Mi Primer Amor" by Alberto Cortez tells a story of a young man who falls in love for the first time. It all started with a simple gesture of picking up a flower from the ground and putting it in his love interest's hair. They laughed, walked together, and fell in love eventually. However, their love had to be kept a secret, and they spent intimate moments in a room in the shadows. Sadly, their love didn't last, and they parted ways. The man returned to the place where they first met, only to discover that his love had moved on and found someone else. He couldn't help but cry as he watched them walk away.
The song symbolizes the innocence and purity of the love that the young man had experienced. The flower represents the beauty of the relationship, and how it sprouted from a small seed and grew into something beautiful. However, just like a flower can wither with time, the relationship came to an end.
Overall, "Mi Primer Amor" is a compelling song that tells a story of first love that is simple, pure, and beautiful. It captures the essence of how love can bloom out of simple gestures and how it can hurt as it fades away.
Line by Line Meaning
Empezó con una flor que yo recogí del suelo, para ponerla en su pelo... y nos reímos los dos.
It all began with a flower that I picked up from the ground, and put it in her hair... and we both laughed.
Empezó con una flor, con una flor para el pelo, una flor que desde el suelo subió a ganar el amor.
It all began with a flower, a flower for her hair, a flower that from the ground rose up to win love.
Después, nos fuimos caminando y así, nos fuimos conociendo, sentí que me había enamorado, sentí, mi primer sentimiento.
Afterwards, we went walking and that's how we got to know each other, I felt that I had fallen in love, I felt, my first feeling.
Empezó con una flor y luego fuimos amantes, a escondidas y anhelantes, nos entregamos los dos.
It all began with a flower and then we became lovers, in secret and longing, we gave ourselves to each other.
Empezó con una flor y luego, un cuarto en penumbras, un cuarto que fue la tumba donde enterramos la flor.
It all began with a flower and then, a dimly lit room, a room that was the tomb where we buried the flower.
Después, no volvimos a vernos y yo, que seguía enamorado, volví por el viejo sendero por ver si me había olvidado.
Afterward, we never saw each other again, and I, who still loved her, returned by the old path to see if I had forgotten her.
Había otro y otra flor que recogía del suelo, para ponerla en su pelo y se reían los dos.
There was another and another flower that she picked up from the ground, to put in her hair and they both laughed.
Había otro y otra flor, otra flor para su pelo, otra flor que desde el suelo subió a ganar mi dolor.
There was another and another flower, another flower for her hair, another flower that from the ground rose up to win my pain.
Después, se fueron caminando y yo me quedé sin aliento, sentí en mis ojos el llanto, al ver que se iban riendo.
Afterwards, they walked away and I was left breathless, I felt tears in my eyes, seeing them leave laughing.
Todo empezó con la flor que recogí del suelo, para ponerla en su pelo y nos reímos los dos.
It all began with the flower that I picked up from the ground, to put it in her hair and we both laughed.
Todo empezó con la flor que siempre está en mi memoria, porque es parte de la historia de aquel, mi primer amor.
It all began with the flower that is always in my memory, because it is part of the story of that, my first love.
Contributed by Amelia I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.