Yo Vendo Unos Ojos Negros
Grupo Bryndis Lyrics

The lyrics to Grupo Bryndis's "Yo Vendo Unos Ojos Negros" express the singer's pain and heartache over a lost love. The opening lines, "Yo vendo unos ojos negros, quien me los quiere comprar?/ Los vendo por hechizeros, porque me han pagado mal" (I'm selling some black eyes, who wants to buy them?/ I'm selling them as sorcery, because I've been badly treated), suggest that the singer has been hurt, and is now trying to sell her black eyes, which have been seen as magical, perhaps symbolizing the way in which people have been drawn to her, but ultimately have caused her nothing but pain.

The singer then goes on to describe how, whenever she feels sad or in pain, she goes to the seashore to ask the waves if they have seen her lost love: "Cada vez que tengo penas, voy a la orilla del mar/ a preguntarle a las olas, si han visto a mi amor pasar" (Whenever I'm sad, I go to the seashore/ to ask the waves if they've seen my love go by). She longs for her love so deeply that she spends nights sighing for him: "Mas te quisiera, mas te amo yo/ y toda la noche la paso suspirando por tu amor" (The more I want you, the more I love you/ and I spend the whole night sighing for your love).

The lyrics of "Yo Vendo Unos Ojos Negros" are thus a poignant expression of a lover's longing and heartache, and the emotional pain experienced when love is lost.