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A Ciegas
Concha Piquer Lyrics
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Cercano ya el dia
Tus pasos en la sala
Gracias a Dios que has llegado
Que no te ha pasado
Ninguna cosa mala
En tus manos un aroma
Que trasminaba como el clavel
Porque era esclava de tu querer
Que me he entretenío
Las cosas del juego.
Y yo te decía cerrando los ojos
Lo mismo que un ciego
No tienes que darme cuentas
A ciegas yo te he creío
Yo voy por el mundo a tientas
Desde que te he conocío
Llevo una venda en los ojos
Como pintan a la fé
No hay dolor como esta gloria
De estar creyendo sin ver
Mi corazón no me engaña
Y a tu caridad se entrega
Duerme tranquilo sentraña
Que te estoy queriendo a ciegas
No sé que mano cristiana
Abrió una mañana
Mi puerta de repente
Luz que cortó en mil pedazos
Como un navajazo
Mi venda de la frente
Me quitaron la ceguera
Con un cuchillo de compasión
Y hoy va solo, por la acera
Sin lazarillo mi corazón
Todo eso es mentira
Lo afirmo y lo pruebo
Y yo te decía queriendo ponerme
La venda de nuevo
No tienes que darme cuentas
Que no te las he pedío
Quien va por el mundo a tientas
Lleva los rumbos perdíos
Yo me clavaré en los ojos alfileres de cristal
Para no verme cara a cara
Contigo y con tu verdad
Miente de noche y de dia
Y a jurarme en falso llega
Sigue mintiendo alma mia
Para yo quererte a ciegas
The song "A Ciegas" by Concha Piquer speaks about blind trust and the vulnerability that comes with it. The singer in the song speaks about how they have put all their trust in their lover, to the point where they do not need any accountability or explanation because they believe in their lover blindly. The singer had been waiting for their lover to arrive home, and when they do so, the singer is relieved that nothing bad has happened. The lover carries an aroma that is all consuming, yet the singer shrugs it off, saying that they are a slave to their lover's love. The singer is in love to the point of blindness and says that they would believe their lover even if they were to lie to them.
The song continues, and the singer states that they had been living in blindness until someone came along and knocked some sense into them. With "a knife of compassion," they were able to see what was in front of them. However, the singer then retracts and says that they would rather go back to living blindly with their lover than to live in a world of truth without them.
The lyrics to this song demonstrate the power that love can have over someone. It is a love so powerful that it blinds them and makes them believe in the impossible. Furthermore, the song also illustrates how easy it is to fall into a spiral of deceit and how uncomfortable it can be when the truth is revealed.
Line by Line Meaning
Yo muchas noches sentía
I felt many nights
Cercano ya el dia
The day was already near
Tus pasos en la sala
I heard your footsteps in the living room
Gracias a Dios que has llegado
Thank God you've arrived
Que no te ha pasado
That nothing bad happened to you
Ninguna cosa mala
No bad things
En tus manos un aroma
An aroma in your hands
Que trasminaba como el clavel
That permeated like the carnation
Pero yo lo echaba a broma
But I made fun of it
Porque era esclava de tu querer
Because I was slave of your love
Que me he entretenío
That I got distracted
Las cosas del juego.
With the things of the game.
Y yo te decía cerrando los ojos
And I told you, closing my eyes
Lo mismo que un ciego
Like a blind person
No tienes que darme cuentas
You don't have to explain to me
A ciegas yo te he creío
I've believed in you blindly
Yo voy por el mundo a tientas
I walk blindly in the world
Desde que te he conocío
Since I met you
Llevo una venda en los ojos
I wear a blindfold
Como pintan a la fé
Like they portray faith
No hay dolor como esta gloria
There's no pain like this glory
De estar creyendo sin ver
Of believing without seeing
Mi corazón no me engaña
My heart doesn't deceive me
Y a tu caridad se entrega
And it surrenders to your charity
Duerme tranquilo sentraña
Sleep peacefully, my love
Que te estoy queriendo a ciegas
Because I'm loving you blindly
No sé que mano cristiana
I don't know what Christian hand
Abrió una mañana
Opened one morning
Mi puerta de repente
My door suddenly
Luz que cortó en mil pedazos
Light that shattered into pieces
Como un navajazo
Like a knife wound
Mi venda de la frente
My blindfold from my forehead
Me quitaron la ceguera
They took away my blindness
Con un cuchillo de compasión
With a knife of compassion
Y hoy va solo, por la acera
And now it goes alone, on the sidewalk
Sin lazarillo mi corazón
Without a guide my heart
Todo eso es mentira
All of that is a lie
Lo afirmo y lo pruebo
I affirm it and I prove it
Y yo te decía queriendo ponerme
And I told you, wanting to put on
La venda de nuevo
The blindfold again
Que no tienes que darme cuentas
That you don't have to explain to me
Que no te las he pedío
That I haven't asked for them
Quien va por el mundo a tientas
Who goes blindly through the world
Lleva los rumbos perdíos
Has lost their way
Yo me clavaré en los ojos alfileres de cristal
I will stab crystal pins in my eyes
Para no verme cara a cara
So as to not face myself
Contigo y con tu verdad
With you and your truth
Miente de noche y de dia
Lie at night and during the day
Y a jurarme en falso llega
And comes to swear falsely to me
Sigue mintiendo alma mia
My soul keeps on lying
Para yo quererte a ciegas
So I can continue to love you blindly
Writer(s): Ettore Grenci, Ana Monica Velez Solano, Julio Ramirez, Jesus Navarro, Ximena Munoz Zorrilla
Contributed by Noah I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.