Ayllón adopted the stage "Eva" from her maternal grandmother, Eva, who began teaching the young María music at an early age. As a child and teen, Eva Ayllón sang in school competitions and later on television and radio. Throughout the early 1970s, Eva appeared in many música criolla musical groups such as Rinconcito Monsefuano, La peña de los Ugarte, Los Mundialistas o Callejón and Los Kipus. By 1975, Eva began to pursue a solo singing career, touring internationally by 1979. In 1989, Eva formed Los Hijos del Sol (Children of the Sun), a supergroup made up of Peruvian musical stars in an effort to promote Peruvian music through performance and recording.
To date, Eva has produced over 20 records. Her latest release is Kimba Fa, an exploration of the musical styles that she has performed over the last three decades[1]. In 2004 she released Eva! Leyenda Peruana (Eva! Peruvian Legend), which was her first album produced in the United States. Today, Eva continues to tour and lives in New Jersey with her Peruvian-American husband and childrenIn her music, Ayllón blends indigenous Peruvian, African and Spanish influences into a style known as musica criolla.
Typically, Ayllón focuses on the musical genres of Peru's capital city along the Pacific coast, Lima. Ayllón is particularly known for the Peruvian music genres of the lando, the festejo, and the vals, and is known as "The Queen of Lando".
Fina Estampa
Eva Ayllón Lyrics
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eva ayllon
tumbaa...
Una veredita alegre con luz de luna o de sol
bendita sobre una cinta con sus lazos de repol
arbol de los geranios es sonrisas con rubor
arbol de los claveles y las mejillas en flor
la veredida sonrie cuando su piel acaricia
y la culi se rie y la ventana se agita
cuando por esa vereda su fina estampa pasea
Fina estampa caballero
caballero de fina estampa
un lucero que sonriera bajo un sombrero
no sonriera mas hermozo ni mas luciera caballero
que en su andar andar de luz del hacer al andar anda
Fina estampa caballero
caballero de fina estampa
un lucero que sonriera bajo un sombrero
no sonriera mas hermozo ni mas luciera caballero
que en su andar andar de luz del hacer al andar anda
Fina estampa caballero
caballero de fina estampa
un lucero que sonriera bajo un sombrero
no sonriera mas hermozo ni mas luciera caballero
que en su andar andar de luz del hacer al andar anda
Caballero.
fina estampa.
eva ayllon.
fina estampa.
caballeroo.
caballero de fina estampa...
The song "Fina Estampa" by Eva Ayllón is a beautiful tribute to a woman for her elegance and grace. The lyrics describe a pathway that is blessed with sunlight or moonlight, surrounded by trees of geraniums and carnations, and filled with the fragrances of magnolia and morning dew. It is a happy little pathway that smiles with delight when the woman walks past, causing the culi to laugh and the windows to shake. The lyrics are a celebration of this woman's beauty, and the way she lights up the world with her presence.
The chorus speaks directly to the woman being admired, calling her "Fina Estampa" or "Fine Print." It describes her as a "gentleman" with a smile that shines like a star under a hat. The lyrics explain that there is no finer gentleman or star than this one, who moves with a lightness and grace that is a joy to behold. This song is an ode to beauty in motion; a celebration of the elegance and grace that can be found in the world, and the way that it can light up our lives.
Line by Line Meaning
Una veredita alegre con luz de luna o de sol
A joyful little path that shines with either moon or sunlight.
Bendita sobre una cinta con sus lazos de repol
Blessed by a ribbon with its cabbage-shaped bows.
Arbol de los geranios es sonrisas con rubor
A tree of geraniums that blush like smiles.
Arbol de los claveles y las mejillas en flor
A tree of carnations and blooming cheeks.
Perfumada de magnolia rociada de mañanita
Perfumed with magnolia and misty morning dew.
La veredita sonrie cuando su piel acaricia
The little path smiles when it touches her skin.
Y la culi se rie y la ventana se agita
And the bird laughs and the window trembles.
Cuando por esa vereda su fina estampa pasea
When her elegant figure walks down that path.
Fina estampa caballero
Fine figure of a gentleman.
Caballero de fina estampa
Gentleman with an elegant figure.
Un lucero que sonriera bajo un sombrero
A star that smiles beneath a hat.
No sonriera mas hermoso ni mas luciera caballero
No gentleman could be more handsome or shine more than this.
Que en su andar andar de luz del hacer al andar anda
As he walks with the light of his own being.
Caballero
Gentleman.
Fina estampa
Elegant figure.
Eva Ayllón
The name of the artist singing this song.
Caballero de fina estampa
Gentleman with an elegant figure.
Caballero
Gentleman.
Caballero de fina estampa
Gentleman with an elegant figure.
Writer(s): Eduardo O. Rovira, Isabel Chabuca Granda
Contributed by Olivia O. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@AndreeClar
Soy Cantante y Músico venezolano, desde muy pequeño por mis papas y mi abuela conozco el bolero, el tango, la música mexicana y el Vals Peruano, obviamente sólo tuve como referencia a la gran Chabuca, después de ver algunos episodios de la Voz Perú, descubrí a otra grande EVA AYLLON, "Fina Estampa", "Nube Gris", Chabuca Limeña, entre muchos otros son mis valses favoritos, pero esta versión en VIVO es mi nueva versión favorita de Todas, gracias EVA por regalarnos tu talento 🙌🙌🙌
@marielsalamanca9642
Yo, a los 54 años, estoy descubriendo artistas de la talla de Susana Baca, Toto la Momposina o esta señora, Eva Ayllon.Redescubriendo aquellas canciones que me cantaba mi papá a modo de Arrorró, Boleros, Rancheras, Cumbias y Valses peruanos...(es mi intención, versionarlos, cuando empiece mis clases de Canto)
@cesarjanto1969
Eva es una de las mejores,pero cabe resaltar que tiene tremendos musicos mucha pasion y dsiciplina
Te recomiendo su version de JOSE ANTONIO con maurizio fernandini bailando
@corinthiafierropadilla1378
Fina estampa... caballero❤❤ ❤😘❤️🥰😉🙃🤗
@ytalohernandez199
¡Viva el Perú carajooooooo!
@verioskalimarivas1324
Esas castañuelas majestuosas!!!
@nildalopez1241
Las castañuelas no son solo para las españolas. Encontré esta maravilla buscando buena música en tiempos de pandemia 2021.
@renzosigismondi1556
Con cucharas suena mejor 🐎😎
@renzosigismondi1556
Si no hay castañuelas se usa cucharas !
@nildalopez1241
No lo sabía. Muchas gracias por la información.