Armando Manzanero (born in Mérida, México on December 7, 1935- died in Ciud… Read Full Bio ↴Armando Manzanero (born in Mérida, México on December 7, 1935- died in Ciudad de Mexico on December 28, 2020) was a Latin American musician and composer, widely considered the premiere Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era.

At the age of eight he was introduced into the world of music in the Escuela de Bellas Artes (School of High Arts) of his native city, later furthering his musical studies in Mexico City. In 1950, at the age of fifteen, he composed his first melody titled Nunca en el Mundo (Never in the World), of which twenty-one versions in different languages have been recorded to date. The following year he began his professional career as a pianist.

He has become even more popular due to the fact that Luis Miguel has taken some of Manzanero's most popular songs and introduced them to new audiences with a modern twist. Manzanero represents the past, present and future of romantic music in Latin America.

After fighting covid 19 he died surrounded by his family in December 2020 at 85 years old.

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Nunca
Armando Manzanero Lyrics

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De pronto se me ocurre esta canción que fui
Un beso iluminado que jamás pedí
Con luces que inundaron nuestra calles
Y ahora vuelven de nuevo esos lugares
Tan sagrados para mí

Estaba recordando el beso que te di
Mi vida fue otra cosa, tú sentada ahí

Tan cerca de abrazarte hasta mis ganas
Y por pausas de la vida en tu mirada
Fue que entonces comprendí que esta historia
Nunca, nunca más, nunca más

Sería igual a cualquiera ilusión
Nunca más, nunca más, nunca más

Los caminos que inventamos
Llegan a un lugar que jamás

Te he buscado por cualquier lugar y al final
Nunca más

Esa historia nunca, nunca más
Nunca más, nunca más

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Armando Manzanero's song Nunca describe a past love that can never be recreated. The singer remembers a single kiss that was magical and never asked for, which flooded their streets with light. They were so close to embracing, but the pauses in life and the look in the person's eyes signaled that this encounter would never continue. The singer concludes that this memory is never to be repeated in any future relationships, as it was simply a unique moment in time. The song seems to be reflective and melancholy, as if the singer is coming to terms with a loss that they will never get back.

Line by Line Meaning

De pronto se me ocurre esta canción que fui
Suddenly this song I was came to my mind

Un beso iluminado que jamás pedí
An illuminated kiss that I never asked for

Con luces que inundaron nuestra calles
With lights that flooded our streets

Y ahora vuelven de nuevo esos lugares
And now those places return again

Tan sagrados para mí
So sacred to me

Estaba recordando el beso que te di
I was remembering the kiss I gave you

Mi vida fue otra cosa, tú sentada ahí
My life was something else, you sitting there

Tan cerca de abrazarte hasta mis ganas
So close to hugging you with all my desires

Y por pausas de la vida en tu mirada
And due to pauses in life in your gaze

Fue que entonces comprendí que esta historia
That was when I understood that this story

Nunca, nunca más, nunca más
Never again, never again, never again