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.
Olvidar
Fernando Delgadillo Lyrics
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Por lo largo de estos dias
Por lo ancho del camino
Que he perdido y que no se
Por las horas que no he visto
Por tu ausencia y por la mia
Por la lluvia de este octubre
Por el frio que le cobija entre los suspiros
Tu distancia es el naufragio
Que abatio sobre mi vida
Las auroras mas cansadas las mas tristes despedidas
Las noches mas solitarias de que tuviera razón
Y aunque clamo a la cordura a que me libre de estas ansias
Soy victima del impulso de mi propio corazón
Hay si te contara yo de penas y razones
Por las que de lejanías se han cargado mis canciones
Pero que lo cuente el tiempo porque hoy te hago esta promesa amor
Voy a olvidarte con todas sus consecuencias
Y a librar este pasado que no dejo de arrastrar
Voy a olvidarme tu nombre
Aunque sea lo ultimo que haga
Aunque sea la ultima cosa que me esconda lontanaza
Y ojala que en mi camino no me abrume la añoranza
porque aunque muera de pena voy a olvidarme de ti
Y que me atrape la noche y que me lleven las tormentas
Si le vuelvo a dar motivo al sentido que te recuerda
Te repite y te repite y vuelve a hacer pronunciación
De ese tu nombre, de luz que ardía en la habitación
Como me amabas como me necesitabas como fue que se fue todo
De repente una mañana desperte lejos de ti de todo lo que fuera yo
Voy a olvidar cada noche andada al filo de tu calle
A la luz de esos faroles que jamas debieron ser
La luz que guiara mis pasos al compas de los recuerdos
Que me enardecen la sangre y hacen entre fiebre y vuelos
Un fuego en el que arde mi alma cuando sueña con tu piel
Si un dia te dije que a mis manos no se olvida la caricia de tus manos
Tu mirada encendida, voy a olvidarte de veras
Hoy olvida que te olvida, voy a derrumbar mis sueños a diseminar las ruinas
A liberarte y dejar que nada haya en tu lugar
Porque si asi no lo hiciera si comienzo a recordar
con la luz de tu milagro no podria volver a amar
The lyrics of Fernando Delgadillo's song Olvidar speaks about the feeling of coldness that the singer feels due to the lengthy and wide path he has lost and the absence of the person he loves. The rain of October and the wind that carries the sighs add to this feeling of loneliness. The distance between him and the person he loves became the shipwreck that has ruined his life. He is trying to forget her with all its consequences and liberate himself from the past that he cannot move on from.
The singer promises to forget her name and all the memories that haunt him, like the nights he spent walking the streets where she used to live, guided by the light of the lamps. The fire of memories makes him dream of her and yearn for her touch. He knows it is destroying him, and he is trying to fight this impulse to remember by ignoring it. He is willing to forget her even if it means he loses himself. But, he also hopes that the memories will not overwhelm him on his journey, and he will be able to move on fully.
Overall, the song talks about the struggle of trying to forget someone that has left an impact on your life. The feelings of loneliness, coldness, and desperation that come with it. The singer is trying to make peace with his past and move on to a new beginning.
Line by Line Meaning
Hoy siento frio
Today I feel cold
Por lo largo de estos dias
Because of the length of these days
Por lo ancho del camino
Because of the width of the path
Que he perdido y que no se
That I have lost and do not know
Por las horas que no he visto
For the hours that I have not seen
Por tu ausencia y por la mia
For your absence and mine
Por la lluvia de este octubre
For the rain of this October
Por el frio que le cobija entre los suspiros que el viento se ha llevado con mi fe
For the cold that covers it between the sighs that the wind has taken with my faith
Tu distancia es el naufragio
Your distance is the shipwreck
Que abatio sobre mi vida
That hit my life
Las auroras mas cansadas las mas tristes despedidas
The most exhausted dawns, the saddest farewells
Las noches mas solitarias de que tuviera razón
The most solitary nights that I had reason to
Y aunque clamo a la cordura a que me libre de estas ansias
And although I appeal to reason to free me from these cravings
Soy victima del impulso de mi propio corazón
I am a victim of the impulse of my own heart
Hay si te contara yo de penas y razones
Oh if I could tell you about my sorrows and reasons
Por las que de lejanías se han cargado mis canciones
For the reasons that my songs have been burdened by distances
Pero que lo cuente el tiempo porque hoy te hago esta promesa amor
But let time tell it because today I make you this promise, love
Voy a olvidarte con todas sus consecuencias
I am going to forget you with all its consequences
Y a librar este pasado que no dejo de arrastrar
And to free this past that I keep dragging
Voy a olvidarme tu nombre
I am going to forget your name
Aunque sea lo ultimo que haga
Even if it is the last thing I do
Aunque sea la ultima cosa que me esconda lontanaza
Even if it is the last thing that hides me from distance
Y ojala que en mi camino no me abrume la añoranza
And I hope that nostalgia does not overwhelm me on my way
porque aunque muera de pena voy a olvidarme de ti
because even if it kills me inside, I am going to forget you
Y que me atrape la noche y que me lleven las tormentas
And let the night capture me and let the storms take me away
Si le vuelvo a dar motivo al sentido que te recuerda
If I give reason again to the sense that reminds you
Te repite y te repite y vuelve a hacer pronunciación
It repeats to you and repeats to you, and pronounces again
De ese tu nombre, de luz que ardía en la habitación
Of your name, of the light that burned in the room
Como me amabas como me necesitabas como fue que se fue todo
How you loved me, how you needed me, how everything went away
De repente una mañana desperte lejos de ti de todo lo que fuera yo
Suddenly one morning, I woke up far away from you, from everything that I used to be
Voy a olvidar cada noche andada al filo de tu calle
I am going to forget every night walked along the edge of your street
A la luz de esos faroles que jamas debieron ser
In the light of those streetlights that were never meant to be
La luz que guiara mis pasos al compas de los recuerdos
The light that guided my steps to the beat of memories
Que me enardecen la sangre y hacen entre fiebre y vuelos
That inflame my blood and make between fever and flights
Un fuego en el que arde mi alma cuando sueña con tu piel
A fire in which my soul burns when it dreams of your skin
Si un dia te dije que a mis manos no se olvida la caricia de tus manos Tu mirada encendida, voy a olvidarte de veras
If one day I told you that I will never forget the touch of your hands in mine, your burning gaze, I am going to forget you for real
Hoy olvida que te olvida, voy a derrumbar mis sueños a diseminar las ruinas
Today forgets that forgets you, I am going to collapse my dreams, to spread the ruins
A liberarte y dejar que nada haya en tu lugar
To free you and let nothing be in your place
Porque si asi no lo hiciera si comienzo a recordar
Because if I do not do it this way, if I start remembering
con la luz de tu milagro no podria volver a amar
with the light of your miracle, I could not love again
Contributed by Blake P. Suggest a correction in the comments below.