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.
En la Floresta
Fernando Delgadillo Lyrics
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Con el aire de este bosque espeso
Que me hablara de penumbra y soledades
Y me puse a ver el sol y el aire
Y me puse a ver clarear
Y me puse a verlo todo
Y no me cans de mirar
Era como si me fuera nuevo
Me quit despacio la pistola
Que me enfriaba el paladar
Ya me estaba sacudiendo
De este mundo con un tiro
Cuando el golpe de la vida en mi cobr
Sobre mi sombra y mi suerte y de verdad
Que no contaba con el miedo ni el dolor
No iba a hallar explicaciones
Solamente iba a quitarme los recuerdos
O la vida que era igual
Pero si no iba morirme ni de penas ni recuerdos
Para que llegu a matarme donde no hay
Y aunque el recuerdo es un rato
Que dejara hace un segundo
Ya he pensado recordarme y nada ms
A un sujeto que se quita
La muerte y se la echa a un lado
Ante la ovacin de vida forestal
The song En la Floresta by Fernando Delgadillo talks about a person who has gone into a dense forest and is taken in by the charm of it all. The opening lines describe the feeling of the forest's air, which speaks of darkness and loneliness, and the initial curiosity that follows. The person then begins to observe the sun and air, and everything around them, as though it were all new, something that was once ordinary but now is renewed. It's as though the forest has awakened something within them, and they are unable to stop looking around in wonder. The person slowly removes the gun that was weighing heavy on their palate, almost as if they were about to end their life.
Suddenly, life strikes them, and they are shaken by thoughts of their fate, and the pain and fear they may have to endure. They were not willing to passively accept their end, but rather wanted to get rid of their memories or life. Just when they were about to put an end to it all, the force of life, destiny, or fate, intervened, and something stopped them from going ahead. The experience leaves the person grateful for their chance at life, and they resolve to leave behind anything that has held them back. The person becomes the subject of admiration from the forest, and they leave as one who avoided death, with a newfound appreciation for life.
Line by Line Meaning
Me llen un poco la boca
I filled my mouth a little
Con el aire de este bosque espeso
With the air of this dense forest
Que me hablara de penumbra y soledades
That speaks to me of shadows and loneliness
Y me puse a ver el sol y el aire
And I began to see the sun and the air
Y me puse a ver clarear
And I began to see it clear up
Y me puse a verlo todo
And I started to see everything
Y no me cans de mirar
And I didn't tire of looking
Era como si me fuera nuevo
It was as if it was new to me
Lo que algn da vi normal
What I once saw as normal
Me quit despacio la pistola
I slowly took off the gun
Que me enfriaba el paladar
That left a bad taste in my mouth
Ya me estaba sacudiendo
I was already shaking
De este mundo con un tiro
From this world with a shot
Cuando el golpe de la vida en mi cobr
When the blow of life caught up with me
Sobre mi sombra y mi suerte y de verdad
About my shadows and my luck and honestly
Que no contaba con el miedo ni el dolor
I didn't count on the fear or the pain
No iba a hallar explicaciones
I wasn't going to find explanations
Solamente iba a quitarme los recuerdos
I was only going to erase my memories
O la vida que era igual
Or my life that was the same
Pero si no iba morirme ni de penas ni recuerdos
But if I wasn't going to die from sadness or memories
Para que llegu a matarme donde no hay
Why should I come to kill myself where there's nothing
Y aunque el recuerdo es un rato
And even though a memory is just a moment
Que dejara hace un segundo
That was left behind a second ago
Ya he pensado recordarme y nada ms
I've already thought about remembering myself and nothing else
A un sujeto que se quita
To a person who removes themselves
La muerte y se la echa a un lado
From death and throws it to the side
Ante la ovacin de vida forestal
To the ovation of forest life
Contributed by Jason R. Suggest a correction in the comments below.