Diego el Cigala, Latin-Grammy-winning Gypsy singer from Madrid is noted as … Read Full Bio ↴Diego el Cigala, Latin-Grammy-winning Gypsy singer from Madrid is noted as a pioneer in fusing flamenco with Latin American music forms such as the bolero, Afro-Caribbean jazz, and tango. His ability to blend different types of contemporary music with traditional flamenco has won him widespread popularity and numerous awards. He is best known for his 2003 release Bebo y Cigala: "Lágrimas Negras" - with Cuban jazz pianist Bebo Valdés - which was hailed Album of the Year by the New York Times, and received a Latin Grammy. His solo CD "Picasso en mis ojos" won another Latin Grammy in 2006 and featured collaborations with the legendary Paco de Lucía and with Latino jazz greats such as Jerry Gonzalez. His 2008 project "Dos Lagrimas" features giants of Cuban percussion Tata Guines and Changuito and establishes his ongoing collaboration with guitarist Diego del Morao, pianist Jaime Calabuch Jumitus, percussionist Sabú Porrina and Cuban bassist Yelsy Heredia. This year the singer has been nominated for yet another Grammy for his latest album "Cigala & Tango," released in 2010 and featuring guest artists from Argentina such as Andrés Calamaro, Néstor Marconi and Pablo Agri.

Suspiros de España
Diego El Cigala Lyrics

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Quiso Dios, con su poder
fundir cuatro rayitos de sol
y hacer con ellos una mujer.

Y al cumplir su voluntad
en un jardín de España nací
como la flor en el rosal.

Tierra gloriosa de mi querer
tierra bendita de perfume y pasión
España en toda flor a tus pies
suspira un corazón.

Ay de mi pena mortal
porqué me alejo España de ti
porqué me arrancan de mi rosal.

Quiero yo volver a ser
la luz de aquel rayito de sol
hecho mujer
por voluntad de Dios.

Ay, madre mía
ay, quién pudiera
ser luz del día
y al rayar la amanecida
sobre España renacer.

Mis pensamientos
han revestido
el firmamento
de besos míos
y sobre España
como gotas de rocío
los dejo caer.

En mi corazón
España te miro

y el eco llevará de mi canción
a España en un suspiro.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of the song Suspiros de España by Diego el Cigala are a beautiful tribute to the country of Spain, its culture, people, and land. The opening lines of the song are a powerful statement of divine beauty, as the singer reflects on the creation of a woman by God from four rays of sunlight, and how he too was born in the soil of Spain, like a rose in its garden.

The singer then muses on the pain and longing he feels for his homeland, which he has been forced to leave for reasons that are unspecified. He desires to return to Spain and become once again the light of the sun that gave birth to him, a sign of his devotion to his country. His love for Spain is reflected in the lines that follow, as he speaks of the kisses he has given to the sky, which will fall like dew on Spain's soil.

In the final lines of the song, the singer offers his thoughts and feelings to Spain, promising that his song will carry the echoes of his heart to her, and that he will always remember her in his interactions. It is a beautiful tribute to a country that has inspired so many.

Line by Line Meaning

Quiso Dios, con su poder
God wanted, with His power

fundir cuatro rayitos de sol
to melt four rays of sunshine

y hacer con ellos una mujer.
and make a woman out of them.

Y al cumplir su voluntad
And when it fulfilled His will

en un jardín de España nací
I was born in a garden in Spain

como la flor en el rosal.
like a flower on a rose bush.

Tierra gloriosa de mi querer
Glorious land of my desire

tierra bendita de perfume y pasión
blessed land of perfume and passion

España en toda flor a tus pies
Spain, in full bloom at your feet

suspira un corazón.
a heart sighs.

Ay de mi pena mortal
Alas, my mortal sorrow