Born in the "City of Palaces" (Mexico City), Eugenia Leon discovers her musical calling at the College of Sciences and Humanities in Naucalpan, where she lent her voice for the compositions of her schoolmates.
During the turbulent 70's, young people started to identify with the musical movement known as La Trova, singing about Latin American life, liberty, and soul.
Those influences defined her style and her future path, and she never looked back.
When she turned 18, she decided to study at the National School of Music. Those were hard times, constantly switching jobs, and learning from life's blows and surprises.
Encouraged by her sister, Eugenia Leon formed a musical group called "Victor Jara", with a totally Latin American folk style. Afterwards, she forms the group Sanampay, with the same roots. She left Sanampay in 1982 to pursue a solo career, based on a repertoire of songs from contemporary Mexican composers, and including also boleros and music from Brazil.
She releases her first recording in 1983, "Asi te quiero", and traveled all over Mexico with a small group of musicians playing in various gigs.
Eugenia Leon's career took a definite turn in 1985, when she entered the OTI International Festival at Seville (Spain) representing Mexico, with Marcial Alejandro's song "El Fandango Aqui". As a devastating earthquake hits Mexico City on September 19th, right while she's competing at the Festival, Eugenia transformed the pain of her people into strength, and turned her voice into the utmost expression of courage and hope. She was awarded First Place in the competition.
Since then, she has recorded more than 20 albums, all diverse and unique. Among the composers that have given her songs are Fito Paez, David Haro, Joan Manuel Serrat, Marcial Alejandro, Armando Manzanero, Jose Alfredo Jimenez, Francisco Gabilondo Soler and Maria Grever. She has also explored diverse styles such as mariachi, bolero and tango. In 1998, the government of the Mexican state of Veracruz granted her the Agustin Lara award, as homage for her excellent interpretation of the songs of the famous composers.
Commemorating her 30 years as singer, Eugenia Leon staged a concert at the National Auditorium in Mexico City (the largest venue in the country) on November 1st, 2003, selling it out completely. The concert was a spectacular show with Mariachi Vargas and the Orquesta Sinfonica de las Americas, enthralling the audience with samples covering Eugenia's entire career and musical repertoire.
Eugenia Leon is the best Mexican singer according to many, while others also consider Eugenia's concerts and recordings to be a guarantee of high quality. In any case, Eugenia helps to make sure that the musical spirit of Mexico will remain alive and well.
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Eugenia León got her start in the New Song Movement, Latin America's equivalent to the rise of Bob Dylan and company in North America and Europe. With a repertoire that pairs contemporary composers with the creators of the traditional music of Latin America and Mexico, Ms. León is not locked in to any one genre. Rather she seeks to nurture her music with elements of theater, cabaret, and opera. Her association with actors, poets, painters, and writers imparts a distinct and rich dimension to the production and staging of her music.
In 1985, her rich voice and assured stage presence guaranteed her the top prize at the OTI International Song Festival in Spain. Since then she has participated in other prestigious events such as the Pan Pacific Music Festival in Japan, the Kennedy Center’s AmericArtes Festival in Washington, DC, the Latin Festival in New York City, Expo Seville in Spain, and the Americas Summit in Cartagena, Colombia. Ms. León was also invited to entertain the thousands of women gathered for their global summit in Beijing, China.
Back home in Mexico, audiences know that Eugenia León's musical style transcends the trendy ups and downs of the world of commercial music, and she regularly packs the top venues of the nation meeting demands of fans expectant of quality songs passionately delivered. This performer/audience relationship, she believes, leads to ever higher levels of musical culture in a country fairly bursting with song. The end of an Eugenia León concert often finds the entire crowd on it's feet applauding, at once, the Mexican popular music culture, and the artist who has given it a new voice.
With her roots deep in Mexican culture, she has also taken on the task of reaffirming the ties with other Latin American cultures. Her recent live recording of Tangos has renewed Mexico's love affair with this genre.
Along these lines, she paid homage to Mexico's most dearly loved children's song composer, Francisco Gabilondo Soler’s Cri Cri (Mister Cricket) with a shimmering recording of many of his most frolicsome melodies. Accompanied by the Baja California Symphony Orchestra, Eugenia León has gifted a new generation of Mexican children with the imagination and identity of this joyfully playful tunesmith.
Morir En Paz
Eugenia León Lyrics
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La noche de la muerte
En paz quiero que llegue a mí
Voy a quemar el fuego
Hasta que se consuma
Esto que hierve dentro de mí
Antes que me maldiga
La pasión en la nada
Quiero agotar mis ansias de ti
Quiero agotar mis ansias de ti
La brisa de tu piel
Tu voz fresca de amor
Que pronuncia mi sed
Si morir es dormir
La noche de la muerte
En paz quiero que llegue a mí
Arráncale la vida
Devuélvele la calma
A este agitado amor
Que te abraza
Que besa tu ternura
Tus labios con locura
Feliz, feliz
Si morir es dormir
Si morir es dormir
Si morir es dormir
La noche de la muerte
Tu amor vendrá a maldecirme
En la nada tu amor
Será sombra de fuego
Secreto que hoy me consume
Si morir es dormir
Si morir es dormir
En la noche de la muerte
Tú serás mi pesadilla
Será tu amor una astilla
Punzando mi recordar
Si no te acabo de amar
Y agoto este sentimiento
Ya me queda poco tiempo
Y este amor no tiene fin
Campanas suenen tilín
Que este amor
Este amor es un secreto
Si morir es dormir
Si morir es dormir
The lyrics of "Morir En Paz" by Eugenia León convey a longing for a peaceful death, symbolized by the image of sleeping. The song expresses a desire to burn away and consume the intense emotions that are boiling inside, before the passion turns into nothingness. The singer wants to exhaust their longing for the person they love, represented by the refreshing breeze of their touch and the sweet sound of their voice. They hope for a peaceful death where their love will not come to curse them, but rather restore calmness to their restless love.
The lyrics also hint at a fear of an unresolved love. The singer believes that if they do not fully love and completely fulfill their feelings for this person, their love will haunt them after death like a recurring nightmare. They are consumed by the consuming secret of this love, which is burning like a fire within them. They feel a sense of urgency, knowing that they don't have much time left to fully express and bring closure to this never-ending love.
Line by Line Meaning
Si morir es dormir
If dying is sleeping
La noche de la muerte
The night of death
En paz quiero que llegue a mí
I want it to come to me in peace
Voy a quemar el fuego
I'm going to burn the fire
Hasta que se consuma
Until it consumes itself
Esto que hierve dentro de mí
This that boils inside me
Antes que me maldiga
Before it curses me
La pasión en la nada
Passion in nothingness
Quiero agotar mis ansias de ti
I want to exhaust my longing for you
Quiero agotar mis ansias de ti
I want to exhaust my longing for you
La brisa de tu piel
The breeze of your skin
Tu voz fresca de amor
Your fresh voice of love
Que pronuncia mi sed
That pronounces my thirst
Si morir es dormir
If dying is sleeping
La noche de la muerte
The night of death
En paz quiero que llegue a mí
I want it to come to me in peace
Arráncale la vida
Take away its life
Devuélvele la calma
Give it back its calm
A este agitado amor
To this agitated love
Que te abraza
That embraces you
Que besa tu ternura
That kisses your tenderness
Tus labios con locura
Your lips with madness
Feliz, feliz
Happy, happy
Si morir es dormir
If dying is sleeping
Si morir es dormir
If dying is sleeping
Si morir es dormir
If dying is sleeping
La noche de la muerte
The night of death
Tu amor vendrá a maldecirme
Your love will come to curse me
En la nada tu amor
In the nothingness, your love
Será sombra de fuego
Will be a shadow of fire
Secreto que hoy me consume
A secret that consumes me today
Si morir es dormir
If dying is sleeping
Si morir es dormir
If dying is sleeping
En la noche de la muerte
In the night of death
Tú serás mi pesadilla
You will be my nightmare
Será tu amor una astilla
Your love will be a splinter
Punzando mi recordar
Piercing my memories
Si no te acabo de amar
If I don't finish loving you
Y agoto este sentimiento
And exhaust this feeling
Ya me queda poco tiempo
I have little time left
Y este amor no tiene fin
And this love has no end
Campanas suenen tilín
Bells ring tinkling
Que este amor
That this love
Este amor es un secreto
This love is a secret
Si morir es dormir
If dying is sleeping
Si morir es dormir
If dying is sleeping
Lyrics © TUNECORE INC
Written by: David Haro
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@alejandrogracia8166
David Hato gracias por tan bonita canción y en la voz de la mejor cantante de México EUGENIA LEÓN 🇲🇽🇲🇽
@sergioarturoherreraarias3258
Que bien canta esa mujer. Evoca mejores épocas.
@AmantdlaMUSIK1
Que voz tan hermosa y espectacular!!! Eres grande gracias por tu magnífica voz eres arte y amor Eugenia!!!!!
@leticiacarrenolopez5030
Eugenia siempre siempre me haces soñar!!!!!!!!!!!!
@isiszermeno614
Diosaaaaaa
@franciscocardona5505
Hermosa canción, hermosa cantante!
@TheAlicia59
bella canción del Maestro David Haro
@loivz777
Solo conocía la versión de su autor. Me ha encantado con Eugenia ❤️
@abrilazul2510
Hermosa canción 😍
@nesicruz664
Hermosa canción. ...😍