The band started out as a project to cover radio songs from the '30s, '40s and '50s and have released more than a half-dozen records since then.
De Un Mundo Raro
El Consorcio Lyrics
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Y te ofrezcan sol y cielo entero
Si te acuerdas de mi no me menciones
Por que vas a sentir amor del bueno
Y si quieren saber de tu pasado
Es preciso decir una mentira
Di que bienes de allá de un mundo raro
Y que nunca has amado
Por que yo a donde voy hablare de tu amor
Como un sueño dorado y olvidando el rencor
No diré que tu adiós me volvió desgraciado
Y si quieren saber de mi pasado
Es preciso decir otra mentira
Les diré que llegue de un mundo raro
Que no se del dolor que triunfe en el amor
Y que nunca he llorado
The lyrics to El Consorcio's song De Un Mundo Raro (From a Strange World) describe a situation where the singer is giving advice to someone, perhaps a friend or a younger person, about how to deal with love and heartbreak. The first verse counsels the listener not to bring up the singer's name if they are being offered love and promises, because it will evoke memories of a kind of love that is hard to find. The second verse advises the listener to lie about their own past: instead of admitting to having been hurt and having loved before, they are instructed to claim to come from a strange world where such things do not exist.
The chorus reassures the listener that even though they are being advised to cover up their true feelings, the singer will not forget them or resent them for it. In fact, the singer will continue to speak of their love as a golden dream and will let go of any lingering bitterness about their departure. In the second half of the chorus, the singer applies the same advice to themselves: they will also lie about where they have come from and what they have experienced, in order to avoid exposing any vulnerabilities.
Line by Line Meaning
Cuando te hablen de amor y de ilusiones
When someone talks to you about love and dreams,
Y te ofrezcan sol y cielo entero
And offer you the sun and the whole sky,
Si te acuerdas de mi no me menciones
If you remember me, don't mention me
Por que vas a sentir amor del bueno
Because you will feel good love
Y si quieren saber de tu pasado
And if they want to know about your past,
Es preciso decir una mentira
It's necessary to tell a lie
Di que bienes de allá de un mundo raro
Say you come from a strange world
Que no sabes llorar que no entiendes de amor
That you don't know how to cry and you don't understand love
Y que nunca has amado
And that you've never loved before
Por que yo a donde voy hablare de tu amor
Because wherever I go, I will talk about your love,
Como un sueño dorado y olvidando el rencor
Like a golden dream, forgetting any resentment
No diré que tu adiós me volvió desgraciado
I won't say that your goodbye made me unhappy
Y si quieren saber de mi pasado
And if they want to know about my past,
Es preciso decir otra mentira
It's necessary to tell another lie
Les diré que llegue de un mundo raro
I'll tell them I came from a strange world
Que no se del dolor que triunfe en el amor
That I don't know the pain that comes with love
Y que nunca he llorado
And that I've never cried before
Writer(s): Jose Alfredo Jimenez Sandoval
Contributed by Ryan L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.