Macondo
Celso Piña Lyrics

The lyrics to Celso Piña's song "Macondo" are a tribute to the fictional town of Macondo created by Gabriel García Márquez in his novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude." The song paints a picture of the town and its inhabitants, who are immortalized in the novel. The lines, "Los cien años de Macondo suenan, suenan en el aire" ('The hundred years of Macondo ring, they ring in the air') and "Y los años de Gabriel trompetan, trompeteando anuncian" ('And Gabriel's years trumpet, announcing') suggest a town alive with history and myth, a place where everything that happened is still alive in the air.

The song highlights the characters and their stories. "Las tristezas de Aureliano, son cuatro" ('Aureliano's sadnesses are four') refers to the character Aureliano Buendía, who experiences four separate tragedies throughout the novel. "Las bellezas de Remedios, violines" ('Remedios' beauties, violins') refers to Remedios the Beauty, a character whose beauty could drive men to madness, represented by the violins. "Las pasiones de Amaranta, guitarra" ('Amaranta's passions, guitar') talks about Amaranta's passions, which are compared to a guitar, a metaphor for her emotional outbursts. "Y el embrujo de Melquíades, es oboe" ('And the enchantment of Melquíades, is oboe') refers to Melquíades, who is seen as a magical and mystical character, represented by the oboe.

The chorus of the song, "Eres epopeya de un pueblo olvidado, forjado en cien años de amor y de historia" ('You are an epic tale of a forgotten town, forged in a hundred years of love and history'), celebrates the importance of the town and its story, which has become part of the cultural heritage of Latin America. The song ends with the image of the "Mariposas amarillas Mauricio Babilonia" ('Mauricio Babilonia's yellow butterflies'), a reference to a pivotal moment in the novel where the town experiences a supernatural phenomenon of yellow butterflies.