Before he graduated from Jorge Tadeo Lozano's University with a publicist d… Read Full Bio ↴Before he graduated from Jorge Tadeo Lozano's University with a publicist degree, singer Carlos Vives joined different bands and participated in several plays. In 1982, the artist got a role in the Colombian TV series Tiempo Sin Huella, starting his successful acting career, later extending his professional skills to the Puerto Rican television.

After participating in some teen programs as a singer/actor, he got the main role in the telenovela (soap opera) "Gallito Ramírez," which made him a famous actor. Later, another telenovela, "Escalona" made him return to his "costeño" roots (he was born in Santa Marta, the same town of the famous soccer player "El Pibe" Valderrama, located in the north coast of Colombia) and mainly to sing classic vallenato songs of one of the most prestigious vallenato composers, Rafael Escalona. The soundtrack of "Escalona" quickly became a major hit in radio and CD sales and allowed vallenato to conquest other colombian cities outside the "costa" (north coast) that hadn´t previously accepted it.

After forming a band called La Provincia, the singer and guitarist began performing a local style known as Vallenato, successfully touring his native country, Colombia, and South America. In 1994, Carlos Vives' "La Gota Fria," became his first smash, climbing on the most important music charts around Latin America. In 1996, under the slogan of Unete A Los Locales (Join the Local Ones), the talented musician created his own label, called Gaira, to promote and give an incentive to local artists like "Bloque de Búsqueda" and "Distrito".

Carlos Vives also hosted an important show of the Colombian TV, "La Tele". With irreverent and sometimes escatologic humour this program promoted the figures of Martin De Francisco and Germán Moure, in a country where criticism has always been divorced of popular jokes. This program was then reborn as an animated version which turned to be the first weekly 25 minute animated series of Colombia and Latinamerica, called "El Siguiente Programa" ("The Next Show")

His style, which mixes vallenato, rock and champeta (an African-influenced music) was then used by several Colombian artists, giving birth to the "Tropipop" movement.

Sin Ti
Carlos Vives Lyrics

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Con mi nota triste vengo a decirle a tu alma
Lo que está sintiendo mi sincero corazón
No tengo paciencia ya no tengo calma
Mi vida está triste y solo por tu amor

Con mi nota triste vengo a decirle a tu alma
Lo que está sintiendo mi sincero corazón
No tengo paciencia ya no tengo calma

Mi vida está triste y solo por tu amor

Sin ti no puedo estar mi corazón se desespera
No lo dejes sufrir mas
Porque le duele y se queja
No lo dejes sufrir mas
Porque le duele y se queja
Y toda la culpa la tienes tú
Si lo dejas que se muera
Y toda la culpa la tienes tú
Si lo dejas que se muera

Oye no siento alegría en mi corazon
Ahora vivo triste pensando en ti mi amante
Y se acreciente en mi pecho este dolor
De solo pensar que pronto me olvidaste

Oye no siento alegría en mi corazon
Ahora vivo triste pensando en ti mi amante
Y se acreciente en mi pecho este dolor
De solo pensar que pronto me olvidaste

Sin ti no puedo estar mi corazón se desespera
No lo dejes sufrir mas
Porque le duele y se queja
No lo dejes sufrir mas
Porque le duele y se queja

Sin ti no puedo estar mi corazón se desespera
No lo dejes sufrir mas
Porque le duele y se queja
Sin ti no puedo estar mi corazón se desespera
No lo dejes sufrir mas
Porque le duele y se queja
Y toda la culpa la tienes tú
Si lo dejas que se muera
Y toda la culpa la tienes tú
Si lo dejas que se muera

Y toda la culpa la tienes tú
Si lo dejas que se muera

Overall Meaning

In Carlos Vives's song "Sin Ti," he expresses the pain and suffering he feels after losing his lover. He begins by saying that with a sad note, he comes to tell his soul what his sincere heart is feeling. He admits that he has neither patience nor calmness left in him since his life is sad and lonely without his lover. He desperately pleads to his lover not to let his heart suffer anymore, as it hurts and complains, and he can't survive without them. Vives holds his lover responsible for all the pain he's feeling and begs them not to let him die from heartbreak.

The chorus "Sin ti no puedo estar mi corazon desespera no lo dejes sufrir mas" translates to "Without you, I cannot be, my heart despairs, do not let it suffer anymore." This repeated chorus highlights the desperation and agony Vives feels, unable to bear the pain of losing his love. He laments that he can't find any joy in his heart but only feels sadness, thinking about his lover. The pain grows deeper each day, knowing that soon, his lover will forget him.

Overall, Carlos Vives's song "Sin Ti" portrays the heart-wrenching pain of losing someone you love deeply. The lyrics capture the agony that many people feel when they experience a breakup or loss of a loved one. Vives uses a melancholic melody that makes the song even more emotional, as it highlights the hopelessness and despair that comes with the loss of love.

Line by Line Meaning

Con mi nota triste vengo a decirle a tu alma
I come to tell your soul with my sad note

Lo que esta sintiendo mi sincero corazon
about what my sincere heart is feeling

No tengo paciencia ya no tengo calma
I have no patience left, no calmness left

Mi vida esta triste y solo por tu amor
My life is sad and solely because of your love

Sin ti no puedo estar mi corazon desespera no lo dejes sufrir mas
Without you I cannot be, my heart despairs, don't let it suffer anymore

Porque le duele y se queja
because it hurts and complains

Y toda la culpa la tienes tu
And you have all the blame

Si lo dejas que se muera
If you let it die

Oye no siento alegría en mi corazon
Listen, I don't feel any joy in my heart

Ahora vivo triste pensando en ti mi amante
Now I live sadly thinking of you my lover

Y se acreciente en mi pecho este dolor
And this pain grows in my chest