She sang in public for the first time in a radio contest at the age of ten. She didn't win that year, but won the next year. Her early singing caught the attention of a movie producer who introduced her to the cinema audiences as "Ana Belen" in the movie "Zampo y Yo" when she was thirteen.
Ana didn't want to become a child-star and focused on her studying. It wasn't until she finished drama school that she went back performing in public, being theater her prefered way to do so. She did small incursions in movies till she was offered major parts.
In 1973 she was cast opposite Víctor Manuel in Morbo and he became her husband as well as the composer of the songs included in her first album. In 1982 she released "Ana en Rio", an album with Brazilian music that included the song "Balance" and became an instant hit.
In 1986, took one more step and became one of the first female movie directors in Spain with the movie "Cómo ser mujer y no morir en el intento" which earned her the Gold Medal of Spanish Cinematographic Academy. That year concluded with another major success, a tour with Victor Manuel and many special guests of which they released a live album: "Mucho mas que dos". The success of this tour lead to a new one, "El Gusto es Nuestro" with Miguel Rios, Joan Manuel Serrat y Victor Manuel.
She releases several albums through the 90's that achieve great success like "Veneno para el Corazon" that included Spanish versions of Cole Porter songs among others, "Mirame" full of duets with the most important Spanish voices or "Lorquiana", a double CD with popular songs and poems of Federico García Lorca.
The new century finds her busy with filming and recording songs. Albums "Peces de Ciudad" or "Viva L'Italia" are released as she appears on stage plays and her name is on some of the most acclaimed films of the moment.
In 2006, she is currently touring with her husband Víctor Manuel across Spain with "Una Cancion me Trajo Aqui", a CD+DVD has been released of their very first performance in Segovia.She also has a new album in the works and a new movie pending.
Adiós A La Rama
Ana Belén Lyrics
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De tu amor me siento en una rama
Y lloro de dolor.
Dibujo en la memoria con tinta
Y un compás historias
Que tú nunca podrás imaginar.
Me despido de su olor
Pero nunca me decido
A decirte adiós amor.
Me despido de las rosas
Me despida del color
Pero nunca me decido
A decirte adiós amor.
Mil veces me pregunto
Por qué te quiero yo
Si todo lo que dices me llena de dolor.
The lyrics of Ana Belén's "Adiós A La Rama" express a bittersweet sentiment of longing for a love that is no longer present. The first verse describes the feeling of being surrounded by the memory of this love, even when physically apart. The reference to "respirar en el aire", or breathing in the air, suggests a certain ethereal quality to the experience. The metaphor of feeling like one is on a branch of this love, and yet also feeling pain and tears, conveys the complexity of emotions involved. The second verse speaks of the act of preserving these memories through art, using ink and a compass to record stories that the person will never know. This highlights the idea that even though the love is gone, the memories and feelings associated with it live on.
The chorus of the song captures the challenge of saying goodbye to something that still has a hold on you. The singer bids farewell to flowers and their scents, and wonders why they can't bring themselves to say goodbye to the love that has caused them so much pain. The final verse poses a rhetorical question, asking why the singer still loves this person despite the hurt that they have caused. This implies a sense of helplessness and a lack of control over one's feelings. Overall, the lyrics of "Adiós A La Rama" poignantly depict the struggle of reconciling a love that persists in memory but has ended in reality.
Line by Line Meaning
Hay veces que en el aire respiro
Sometimes I breathe in the air and feel your love surrounding me like a branch, but it hurts me so much that I cry.
De tu amor me siento en una rama
I feel your love surrounding me like a branch.
Y lloro de dolor.
But it hurts me so much that I cry.
Dibujo en la memoria con tinta
I use ink to draw stories in my memory.
Y un compás historias
And a compass to guide them.
Que tú nunca podrás imaginar.
Stories that you could never even imagine.
Me despido de las flores
I say goodbye to the flowers.
Me despido de su olor
I say goodbye to their scent.
Pero nunca me decido
But I can never bring myself to
A decirte adiós amor.
Say goodbye to you, my love.
Me despido de las rosas
I say goodbye to the roses.
Me despida del color
I say goodbye to their color.
Pero nunca me decido
But I can never bring myself to
A decirte adiós amor.
Say goodbye to you, my love.
Mil veces me pregunto
A thousand times I ask myself
Por qué te quiero yo
Why do I love you
Si todo lo que dices me llena de dolor.
If everything you say only brings me pain.
Contributed by Cooper R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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