Juan Fernando Fonseca is a Colombian singer. His most famous song is "Te ma… Read Full Bio ↴Juan Fernando Fonseca is a Colombian singer. His most famous song is "Te mando flores". He started making music at the age of 5 and by the age of 12 he had already sold 500 copies of his first song. In the year 2002 he released his album named "Fonseca" and the most important songs from that CD were: "Noches de carnaval", "Sueño", "Confiésame" and "Magangué". This lead him to perform with Shakira, Juanes and Carlos Vives, all Colombian singers like him. In 2005 he released his second CD named "Corazón" with Colombian sounds and his biggest success "Te mando flores" which was number 1 in Colombia for 15 weeks, and gave him a Latin Grammy in 2006 in the 'Best Tropical Song' category.

In 2008 he released his third album "Gratitud" which includes songs like "Enrédame" and "Arroyito" already hits in latinamerican radio stations.

Lina
Fonseca Lyrics

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Te vi entre la bruma de los cigarrillos
Bailabas contenta sobre un leve altillo
Y vi en tu mirada tan llena de brillo
El sitio presiso para hablar contigo

Nose si era un viernes o algun dia de fiesta
Pero para mi fue la clave perfecta
Cuando me diste una suave palabra

Mis sueños volaron llenando la nada

Y solo quedo algun topiezo en la piel
Mezclado con el ron del amanecer
Y solo quedo alguna excusa tal vez
Oyendo tu nombre por primera vez

CORO:
Lina de noche y Lina de dia
Esquiva las citas con mis fantasias
Pero alguna tarde te vere en la esquina
Por donde transita mi melancolia (2)

Lina de noche Lina de dia ,

Que venga alguein y me diga que no eres
Lina la mia.

Overall Meaning

In the song "Lina" by Fonseca, the singer narrates encountering Lina in a hazy, cigarette-filled room where she dances happily on a tiny stage. He sees in her bright eyes the perfect opportunity to talk to her. He doesn't remember if it was a Friday or some other day of celebration, but for him, it was the perfect chance when she gave him a kind word, and it propelled his dreams to fill the void. While he walked away from that encounter with a few bruises and some rum-stained memories, he struggled to forget Lina, knowing that she eludes his attempts to make fantasies into reality.

The lyrics to "Lina" depict a common theme of an encounter with someone that the singer wishes to know better. Despite his efforts, Lina seems to remain just beyond his grasp, and she only appears to him sporadically, on "some afternoons" or "in the corners where his melancholy lingers." The song captures that sense of longing and the struggle to move on from a deep attraction to someone that the singer can't have.

Line by Line Meaning

Te vi entre la bruma de los cigarrillos
I saw you through the cigarette smoke haze

Bailabas contenta sobre un leve altillo
You danced happily on a small raised platform

Y vi en tu mirada tan llena de brillo
And I saw in your eyes so full of sparkle

El sitio presiso para hablar contigo
The exact place to talk to you

Nose si era un viernes o algun dia de fiesta
I don't know if it was a Friday or some holiday

Pero para mi fue la clave perfecta
But for me it was the perfect key

Cuando me diste una suave palabra
When you gave me a soft word

Mis sueños volaron llenando la nada
My dreams flew, filling the emptiness

Y solo quedo algun topiezo en la piel
And only some scratch on the skin remained

Mezclado con el ron del amanecer
Mixed with the rum of dawn

Y solo quedo alguna excusa tal vez
And only some excuse perhaps remained