El Soltero
Alfredo Gutierrez Lyrics
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Las estrellas me iluminan al revés
Pues ya pienso que si volviera a nacer
Heredaba una traición y gran sufrir
Por eso quisiera hoy ahogarme en el licor
Para olvidar la traición de una mujer
Mientas viva no dejare de beber
Voy ha escribir en mi diario
Que voy vagando por el mundo
Hay que dolor tan profundo
Vivir triste y solitario
Se... que nadie me quiere
Solo... con mi penzamiento
Ay con tanto sufrimiento
Asi cualquiera se muere
Si yo he venido a este mundo es pa' sufrir
No puedo encontrar la dicha en la mujer
Si me besan y me entregan su querer
Se me alejan para hacerme un infeliz
Vivo tomando porque el trago es pa' los machos
Un desamor me puede causar la muerte
Y si el mar se convirtiera en agua ardiente
En el me ahogara para morirme borracho
Voy a escribir en mi diario
Que voy vagando por el mundo
Ay que dolor tan profundo
Vivir triste y solitario
Se que nadie me quiere
Solo con mi penzamiento
Ay con tanto sufrimiento
Así cualquiera se muere
In Alfredo Gutierrez's song "El Soltero," the lyrics express the singer's feelings of unhappiness and betrayal by a woman. He reveals that he has never been truly happy in his life and feels as though the stars shine on him backwards. He laments that even if he were to be reborn, he would inherit the same betrayal and suffering. The singer seeks escape through drowning himself in alcohol and forgetting the pain caused by the woman, but he cannot find happiness in love.
The lyrics also touch on the theme of loneliness and the feeling of not being loved. The singer writes in his diary about wandering the world with a deep and profound pain. He feels that nobody wants him and that he is left only with his thoughts and unbearable suffering. The refrain that "anyone can die with so much suffering" is a poignant expression of the anguish and desperation the singer feels.
Overall, the song is a powerful reflection of the pain caused by love and loneliness, and it offers a glimpse into the psyche of someone trying to cope with the realities of a difficult life.
Line by Line Meaning
En mi vida yo nunca he sido feliz
I have never been happy in my life
Las estrellas me iluminan al revés
The stars shine in the opposite direction
Pues ya pienso que si volviera a nacer
I think that if I were born again
Heredaba una traición y gran sufrir
I would inherit betrayal and great suffering
Por eso quisiera hoy ahogarme en el licor
That's why I want to drown myself in liquor today
Para olvidar la traición de una mujer
To forget the betrayal of a woman
Mientas viva no dejare de beber
While alive, I won't stop drinking
Hasta que encuentre la dicha en el amor
Until I find the joy in love
Voy ha escribir en mi diario
I am going to write in my diary
Que voy vagando por el mundo
That I am wandering the world
Hay que dolor tan profundo
What a deep pain
Vivir triste y solitario
Living sad and lonely
Se... que nadie me quiere
I know that nobody loves me
Solo... con mi penzamiento
Alone... with my thoughts
Ay con tanto sufrimiento
Oh, with so much suffering
Asi cualquiera se muere
That's how anyone dies
Si yo he venido a este mundo es pa' sufrir
If I have come to this world it is to suffer
No puedo encontrar la dicha en la mujer
I can't find joy in women
Si me besan y me entregan su querer
If they kiss me and give me their love
Se me alejan para hacerme un infeliz
They move away from me to make me unhappy
Vivo tomando porque el trago es pa' los machos
I live drinking because drinking is for men
Un desamor me puede causar la muerte
A heartbreak can cause my death
Y si el mar se convirtiera en agua ardiente
And if the sea turned into burning water
En el me ahogara para morirme borracho
I would drown in it to die drunk
Voy a escribir en mi diario
I am going to write in my diary
Que voy vagando por el mundo
That I am wandering the world
Ay que dolor tan profundo
Oh, what a deep pain
Vivir triste y solitario
Living sad and lonely
Se que nadie me quiere
I know nobody loves me
Solo con mi penzamiento
Alone with my thoughts
Ay con tanto sufrimiento
Oh, with so much suffering
Así cualquiera se muere
That's how anyone dies
Writer(s): Daniel Dorindo Cardenas
Contributed by Abigail D. Suggest a correction in the comments below.