Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izarduy, better known as Enrique Bunbury, was bo… Read Full Bio ↴Enrique Ortiz de Landázuri Izarduy, better known as Enrique Bunbury, was born August 11, 1967 in Zaragoza, Spain. He got involved in music in the early 1980s, making his debut in a high school band called Apocalipsis, and later played along with Proceso Entrópico. In 1984 Bunbury joined a group called Zumo de Vidrio, debuting as a lead vocalist. After adopting the nickname of Bunbury, taken from an Oscar Wilde novel, the musician teamed up with Héroes del Silencio, becoming a major number in the Spanish rock scene.

The band eventually broke up in 1996 and Bunbury started his solo career in 1997 with a techno album, Radical Sonora with his new band: Copi (piano), del Moran (bass), Ramón Gacias (drums) and former Héroes del Silencio guitarrist Alan Boguslavsky.

Recognized by his wish to always reinvent himself, Bunbury released in 1999 the album Pequeño, which sounded much different than anything he did before. His band also suffered changes, Boguslavsky was replaced by Rafa Domínguez, and the new faces, Ana Belén Estaje (violin), Luis Miguel Romero (percussion), Javier Iñigo, Javier García Vega & Antonio Ríos in the metal instruments.

This band was known as the "Huracán Ambulante" ("Rambling Hurricane") and recorded with Bunbury the rest of his solo discography, (except Antonio Ríos).

In 2005, after 8 years together, Bunbury dissolved the band and declared that will record a new album in 2006 only with his voice and a piano. Nevertheless, in early 2006 he recorded an album with spanish artist Nacho Vegas by the name of El tiempo de las cerezas.

His old band, Héroes del Silencio, reunited in 2007 for a short tour which visited Latin America, United States and Spain.

Por Un Malnacido
Enrique Bunbury Lyrics

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Me dejaste por un malnacido
No debí consentirlo jamás
Si le hubiera matado allí mismo
Odiarías haberme conocido
No me podrías perdonar

Sé que no supe hacerte feliz
Y aunque hubieran pasado mil años

Las palabras que te quiero decir
Lo que siempre me hiciste sentir
No habría salido de mis labios

No sé porqué todo me lo callo
Porqué llevo tan dentro lo que pienso
No soy ningún demonio ni un santo
Pero puedo decirlo muy alto
Fuiste todo mi alimento

Me dejaste por un malnacido
No debí consentirlo jamás
Si le hubiera matado allí mismo
Odiarías haberme conocido
No me podrías perdonar

Ahora que ha pasado tanto tiempo
Ya no tengo ni miedo ni vergüenza
Ojalá que volvamos a vernos
Ojalá que puedas comprenderlo
Y habrá valido la espera

Si no es todavía el momento
Sé que un día sabrás entenderlo
Lo que tengas que hacer, yo te espero
Que mi amor hacía ti sigue entero
Y cuando quieras, aquí seguiré

Me dejaste por un malnacido
No debí consentirlo jamás
Si le hubiera matado allí mismo
Odiarías haberme conocido
No me podrías perdonar

Me dejaste por un malnacido
No debí consentirlo jamás
Si le hubiera matado allí mismo

Odiarías haberme conocido
No me podrías perdonar

Overall Meaning

In the song "Por Un Malnacido," Enrique Bunbury sings about a love lost due to the betrayal of the singer's partner leaving him for someone he considers to be a worthless man, a “malnacido”. Although he acknowledges his own part in their relationship's failure, he reflects on how he should have never allowed his partner to leave for the other man. He expresses regret that he did not kill the other man and laments that his words fail to express the depth of his feelings. The singer's thoughts and emotions in this song showcase the pain and regret of a lost love, but also the hope for a possible reconciliation.

Bunbury's poetic lyrics capture the evocative imagery of emotional intensity, articulating the raw feeling of heartbreak and unfulfilled love. He uses strong language and imagery to express the passion, rage and genuine sorrow of the singer. The song's message is a reflection of personal responsibility, regret, and the desire for forgiveness.

Line by Line Meaning

Me dejaste por un malnacido
You left me for a jerk

No debí consentirlo jamás
I should never have allowed it

Si le hubiera matado allí mismo
If I had killed him right then and there

Odiarías haberme conocido
You would hate to have known me

No me podrías perdonar
You couldn't forgive me

Sé que no supe hacerte feliz
I know I didn't make you happy

Y aunque hubieran pasado mil años
And even if a thousand years had passed

Las palabras que te quiero decir
The words I want to tell you

Lo que siempre me hiciste sentir
What you always made me feel

No habría salido de mis labios
They would never have come out of my mouth

No sé porqué todo me lo callo
I don't know why I keep everything to myself