"The first artist named "El Mayimbe" (Born Ramon Fernando Villalona Evora O… Read Full Bio ↴"The first artist named "El Mayimbe" (Born Ramon Fernando Villalona Evora On May 7, 1955, aged 52) is a Dominican merengue singer whose popularity started to grow in the early 1980s and has not declined ever since. Fernando began singing at a very early age and became popular after participating in "El Festival de la Voz", an amateur TV talent show. After that, merengue icon Wilfrido Vargas hired him to form part of his group "Los Hijos del Rey" but Fernando and the group would soon be separated after his popularity became larger than the group itself. He would then go into a period of drugs and isolation but never stopped singing, recording some of his best music during that period.

Songs such as "Celos", "Te Amo Demasiado", "Dominicano Soy", "Sonambulo", "Baila en la Calle" among others became popular in the 1980s. "Quisqueya", "No Podras", "Musica Latina", "Retorno" and "Me He Enamorado" were some of his big hits in the 1990s. In recent years he has had some health problems making performing a difficult task. But besides that he has still probably been the most important merengue singer in Dominican history.

La Nave del Olvído
Fernando Villalona Lyrics

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Espera,
aún la nave del olvido no ha partido
no condenemos al naufragio lo vivido
por nuestro ayer,
por nuestro amor, yo te lo pido.

Espera,
aún me quedan en mis manos primaveras

para colmarte de caricias todas nuevas
que morirían en mis manos si te fueras.

Espera un poco, un poquito más
para llevarte mi felicidad
espera un poco, un poquito más
me moriría si te vas.

Espera un poco, un poquito más
para llevarte mi felicidad
espera un poco, un poquito más
me moriría si te vas.

Espera,
aún me quedan alegrías para darte,
tengo mil noches de amor que regalarte,
te doy mi vida a cambio de quedarte.

Espera,
no entendería mi mañana si te fueras
y hasta te admito que tu amor me lo mintieras,
te adoraría aunque tú no me quisieras.

Espera un poco, un poquito más
para llevarte mi felicidad
espera un poco, un poquito más
me moriría si te vas.

Espera un poco, un poquito más
para llevarte mi felicidad
espera un poco, un poquito más
me moriría si te vas.

Espera un poco, espera un poco espera poco, poquito mas...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Fernando Villalona's song La Nave del Olvido are an impassioned plea to a lover not to abandon the relationship. The singer implores his partner to wait a little longer before giving up on their love and to not let their shared past go to waste. He acknowledges that there may have been rough patches in their relationship, but pleads for them to work through those issues together.

The singer assures his partner that he still has the ability to love and care for them with new tenderness and passion. He promises to shower them with new "springtimes" of affection that would all be lost if they were to leave. He admits that his life would be meaningless without his partner and offers his life in exchange for them to stay.

Throughout the song, the singer's desperation and pain are palpable as he begs his lover to stay. His urgency is conveyed through the repetition of the phrase "espera, un poquito más" (wait, a little longer). In the end, it is up to the listener to decide whether the singer's pleas have been successful, but the song captures the raw emotion and heartbreak that can come with the end of a relationship.

Line by Line Meaning

Espera, aún la nave del olvido no ha partido
Don't give up on our past love just yet, because there is still hope for us to come back together.

No condenemos al naufragio lo vivido por nuestro ayer, por nuestro amor, yo te lo pido.
Let's not let our past love sink and disappear, because it was a beautiful part of our story that's worth saving.

Aún me quedan en mis manos primaveras para colmarte de caricias todas nuevas que morirían en mis manos si te fueras.
I still have the ability to shower you with love and affection, but if you leave, all of my efforts will go to waste.

Espera un poco, un poquito más para llevarte mi felicidad, me moriría si te vas.
Just wait a little longer, so that I can give you everything that would make you happy. Without you, I wouldn't survive.

Aún me quedan alegrías para darte, tengo mil noches de amor que regalarte, te doy mi vida a cambio de quedarte.
I still have so much joy to give, I have countless nights of love to share with you. I would sacrifice my life just to keep you near.

No entendería mi mañana si te fueras y hasta te admito que tu amor me lo mintieras, te adoraría aunque tú no me quisieras.
I wouldn't be able to face tomorrow if you left me. Even if you were lying about your love for me, I would still adore you, even if you didn't feel the same.

Espera un poco, espera un poco espera poco, poquito mas...
Just wait a little longer, give us a chance to make things right.

Writer(s): Francisco Dino Lopez Ramos

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