His first steps as a songwriter's given in 1986 when he began composing his first songs and interpret them in the "El Sapo Cancionero", a bar located north of Mexico City. In 1989, along with Gonzalo Ceja, Juan Gonzalez, Rodrigo Solis and Eder SEIMUS Form (Society of Urban Underground Writers and Musicians), a group of singers who are dedicated to recording his own songs each. In 1990 SEIMUS members begin to record several homemade albums begin to distribute at concerts. Delgadillo would record two of these tapes home, "Cure" and another named "La Canción Informal".
In 1997, Delgadillo was invited to China to participate in the "International Festival of Television of Beijing." After the festival some of his songs were translated into Chinese. Later in June, he was invited to the "International Youth Festival" with headquarters in Havana, Cuba.
The following year, 1998 for the presentation of his album "Among pair and drifts" was first presented at the Teatro Metropolitan in Mexico City. Also that year, Silvio Rodriguez invited him to play in his second concert at the Auditorio Nacional.
Ay Amor
Fernando Delgadillo Lyrics
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Donde poderme apoyar
Con frases cortas
Y una que otra prueba
Y es tanto lo que busco
Certidumbre pero no lo ves
Y es tanto lo que tienes al reves
Y es tanto luego el desencanto
Y sigue siendo tan pequeña mi cancion
Mira mis manos
Cuando menos de estas llevo
Siempre encima un par
Se embolsan
Y se tienden alcanzar
Alguna de ellas
Tan fiel y tuya
Como yo se esfuerza tanto
En ofrecerte mas caricia
Y no definicion de amor
Si acaso una violeta y tiempo
Para descansar la tuya
Cuando deja de jugar
Ay amor amor
No solo tengo manos
Tengo un corazon dispuesto
Y justo en medio de el
Tengo una pálida sonrisa de ansiedad
Tengo tu nombre a flor de labios
Y otra cosa tengo tanto que mirar
Bajo tu escote
Y tengo un poco y tengo más
De que pensar cuando supones
Que eres agua que anda y corre
Y se avecina y se remonte
Serpenteando y yo con esta sed
Que tengo
Con esta sed de ti mujer
Sigo pensando que es dificil
De lograr decir te quiero
Sin que suene a hoja en blanco
O palabra ocasional
Digo te quiero de soldado
De guitarra y pelo largo
Porque creo en ellos
Porque tengo un credo
Y tengo la verdad enfrente
Si te veo como patria
Y el deber de caminar amandote,
De ser yo mismo para ti
Para teñir una y mil veces
En mi frente tu reflejo tricolor
Ay amor!
These lyrics are a reflection of the difficulty in expressing love through music. The singer struggles to find the right words and phrases to convey their emotions and the depth of their love. They long for certainty in their relationship, but there seems to be a disconnect between them and their partner. Despite their efforts to express themselves, the singer feels limited by the smallness of their song.
The song then shifts to a physical description of the singer's hands, which always carry a pair of something - perhaps gloves. They reach out in search of connection with their lover, offering gentle caresses instead of a straightforward definition of love. The singer's heart is also willing and open to love, but it is overshadowed by their anxiety, which is reflected in their pale smile. They have their lover's name on the tip of their tongue, and while they have so much to observe and admire about their partner, they are constantly plagued by their thirst for their love.
The chorus repeats the phrase "Ay amor" - an exclamation of love and yearning that encapsulates the song's theme. The singer tries to express their feelings through different lenses, from a soldier's perspective to a musician's, to show that love is universal and transcends boundaries. Overall, the song captures the complexity of love and the struggle to find the right words to express it.
Line by Line Meaning
Dificil cosa que es hacerte una cancion
It's difficult to create a song for you
Donde poderme apoyar
Where I can find support
Con frases cortas
With short phrases
Y una que otra prueba
And a few trials
Y es tanto lo que busco
I'm searching for so much
Certidumbre pero no lo ves
Certainty, but you don't see it
Y es tanto lo que tienes al reves
And you have so much in reverse
Y es tanto luego el desencanto
And then comes so much disillusionment
En la cuestion
In the matter
Y sigue siendo tan pequeña mi cancion
And my song remains so small
Mira mis manos
Look at my hands
Cuando menos de estas llevo
I don't have much else with me
Siempre encima un par
Always a pair of them with me
Se embolsan
They go into pockets
Y se tienden alcanzar
And they reach out
Alguna de ellas
Any of them
Tan fiel y tuya
So loyal and yours
Como yo se esfuerza tanto
Just like how hard I try
En ofrecerte mas caricia
To offer you more caress
Y no definicion de amor
And not a definition of love
Si acaso una violeta y tiempo
Maybe just a violet and time
Para descansar la tuya
To rest yours
Cuando deja de jugar
When it stops playing
Ay amor amor
Oh love, love
No solo tengo manos
I don't just have hands
Tengo un corazon dispuesto
I have a willing heart
Y justo en medio de el
And right in the middle of it
Tengo una pálida sonrisa de ansiedad
I have a faint smile of anxiety
Tengo tu nombre a flor de labios
I have your name on the tip of my tongue
Y otra cosa tengo tanto que mirar
And there's so much else I have to look at
Bajo tu escote
Underneath your neckline
Y tengo un poco y tengo más
And I have a little, and I have more
De que pensar cuando supones
To think about when you assume
Que eres agua que anda y corre
That you are water that runs and flows
Y se avecina y se remonte
And it approaches and rises
Serpenteando y yo con esta sed
Winding and me with this thirst
Que tengo
That I have
Con esta sed de ti mujer
With this thirst for you, woman
Sigo pensando que es dificil
I keep thinking that it's difficult
De lograr decir te quiero
To say 'I love you' and actually mean it
Sin que suene a hoja en blanco
Without it sounding like a blank page
O palabra ocasional
Or an occasional word
Digo te quiero de soldado
I say 'I love you' like a soldier
De guitarra y pelo largo
With a guitar and long hair
Porque creo en ellos
Because I believe in them
Porque tengo un credo
Because I have a creed
Y tengo la verdad enfrente
And I have the truth in front of me
Si te veo como patria
If I see you as my country
Y el deber de caminar amandote
And the duty to walk loving you
De ser yo mismo para ti
To be myself for you
Para teñir una y mil veces
To color a thousand times
En mi frente tu reflejo tricolor
On my forehead, your tricolored reflection
Ay amor!
Oh love!
Contributed by Austin K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Juan Ruiz
me gusta delgadillo, sus letras, como toca la guitarra.. lo malo, lo unico malo, son sus fans... son tan GRITONAS!! jajaja
Rebeca Pacheco
Jajajaja
bax binghiman
Es que bro! Yo soy una de sus "fans Gritonas"! Jajaja
Cuando reconoces los acordes de tu rola o la que estabas esperando, neta pai es imposible que tu garganta no grite igual que tu tia la que manda imágenes de piolin!
Ayee Ayala
Juan Ruiz Esa soy yo
Perdón 😔
Angel Contreras
Yo gritaria como niña si estuviera en uno de sus conciertos >.<
César Varona
ha pero en los conciertos hasta nosotros gritamos como niñas por la emoción xD
veronica rueda
Me encanta como juega este hombre con la guitarra :3
Paola Leons
Hasta cantandole a su patria suena tan bello...♥
Edgar HC
Tenia 12 cuando escuche a Fernando por primera ves y al instante me hice admirador de la trova tengo 18 y no me canso de ninguna de sus canciones es mas creo que cada día las amo mas!!!
Elybrito Azul
Me encanta!! donde podré encontrar este concierto ??? Ayudaaa