She's been worthy of innumerable recognitions, awards and special mentions from the critics. Guadalupe Pineda has proved through 30 years of career that quality and purity of music are not opposed to the popular approval.
Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Guadalupe moved to Mexico City where she got her roots since early age. After studying Sociology at the faculty of Politic Sciences (UNAM), started a career as singer in samll forums and coffee shops.
Not too many people knows that before starting to sing, Guadalupe had experience at different jobs as a real estate seller, apprentice to a mechanic and as a guitar teacher. Her first opportunity came in 1974 singing Latin America and Jewish folkloric songs. In that period she formed 2 groups: "La Propuesta" and "Sanampay", with this second one she recorded 3 discs and showcased herself for first time in the United States.
In 1980 recorded an album with Carlos Diaz "Caito" and in 1981 she formally started a solo artist career.
She took her voice to many civic squares, correctional buildings, mental health institutions, reformatories, offices and parks until in 1984, after 10 years of hard work, she recorded the track "Yolanda", also know as "Te Amo" (duet with Pablo Milanes), which conquered the hearts of all Mexico. Just in our country, the sales of the album reached million and a half copies.
Now-a-days, Guadalupe Pineda has a discography of 22 albums, with at least the latest 4 produced by herself as an independent artist. She has received Gold and Platinum certifications with some of her albums due to high sales, including a Double Platinum certification for her album "Arias de Opera" (2004).
Her voice has transcended Mexican frontiers, she has been included in national and foreign movies and also has been part of important collections such as "Buddha-bar" of France, or the "Monte Carlo" Italian collection, that have been edited and released all over the world.
Her albums have been released in countries as far as Japan and she has performed on stage around the world (United States, Ireland, Spain, Italy, France, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Argentina, Central and South America). Her most recent shows took place at Paris in 2005, and at the historic Argentinian opera house, "Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires" in November of 2006.
There have been also shows at some of the more important and recognized forums in Mexico, like "El Palacio de Bellas Artes", "Sala Nezahualcoyotl", "Teatro de la Ciudad de Mexico" (which was restored in 1985), "El Teatro Degollado", "El Teatro Juarez", and forums of the "Cervantino" festival, as well in the most representative and famous civic square of the country, the "Zocalo de la Ciudad de Mexico". All these places have been witness to the art of Guadalupe and the great love from her public.
La Pajarera
Guadalupe Pineda Lyrics
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De mil colores niña
Los traigo chifladores
Anden, compren, chiflan, cantan
La canción de los amores
Cuando a México vayas Rosita
Por las calles cantando dirás
¿Quién de ustedes conmigo se va?
Ya lo sabes que soy pajarera
Que de a diario me vivo en los campos disfrutando de la primavera
Y de las aves sus pulidos cantos
Si al pasar te pregunta la dama
Que si son pajarillos silvestres
Le dirás que son de más fama
De los que hay en la tierra caliente
Ya cayó un pajarillo silvestre
Ya cayó una mirla con esmero
Ya cayeron un par de gorriones
Ya cayó un pajarillo jilguero
Cuando a México vayas rosita
A venderlos a la capital
Cinco pesos será el menor precio
Que por ellos te den por allá
Ya me voy mis fieles compañeros
Me despido con gusto y afán
Soy señores la pajarerita
¿Quién de ustedes conmigo se va?
Pajarillos, pajarillos
Muchas gracias
Muchas gracias
"La Pajarera" by Guadalupe Pineda is a song about a bird seller who takes great pride in her colorful and musical birds. She peddles them through the streets, luring in customers with their beautiful songs, all while singing the "Canción de los Amores" or the "Song of Love". The singer of the song encourages the listener, Rosita, to take up bird-selling herself when she visits Mexico. The woman is proud of being a bird seller and earns a living by spending every day in the fields enjoying the springtime and the polished singing of the birds.
However, the song alludes to the cruel reality of the bird-selling industry, as it mentions the capture and sale of wild birds. The singer talks about the capture and sale of various birds ranging from the common sparrow to exotic birds like the mirla and the jilguero. The bird seller urges her customers to tell any potential buyers that her birds are of better quality than the wild birds. The song ends with the bird seller bidding farewell to her birds and listeners as she prepares for her next trip to sell her birds.
Line by Line Meaning
Pajarillos, pajarillos
Birds, birds
De mil colores niña
Girl, with a thousand colorful birds
Los traigo chifladores
I bring them singing
Anden, compren, chiflan, cantan
Come, buy, they whistle, they sing
La canción de los amores
The song of love
Cuando a México vayas Rosita
When you go to Mexico, Rosita
Por las calles cantando dirás
You will sing through the streets
Soy señores la pajarerita
I am, ladies and gentlemen, the bird seller
¿Quién de ustedes conmigo se va?
Who among you will come with me?
Ya lo sabes que soy pajarera
Now you know that I am a bird seller
Que de a diario me vivo en los campos disfrutando de la primavera
I live in the countryside every day enjoying the springtime
Y de las aves sus pulidos cantos
And the polished songs of the birds
Si al pasar te pregunta la dama
If the lady asks you as you pass by
Que si son pajarillos silvestres
If the birds are wild
Le dirás que son de más fama
You will tell her they are of great fame
De los que hay en la tierra caliente
Of those that inhabit the hot land
Ya cayó un pajarillo silvestre
A wild bird has already fallen
Ya cayó una mirla con esmero
A blackbird has fallen with care
Ya cayeron un par de gorriones
A couple of sparrows have fallen
Ya cayó un pajarillo jilguero
A goldfinch has fallen
Cuando a México vayas rosita
When you go to Mexico, Rosita
A venderlos a la capital
To sell them in the capital
Cinco pesos será el menor precio
Five pesos will be the minimum price
Que por ellos te den por allá
That they will give you for them over there
Ya me voy mis fieles compañeros
Now I go, my faithful companions
Me despido con gusto y afán
I say goodbye with pleasure and eagerness
Soy señores la pajarerita
I am, ladies and gentlemen, the bird seller
¿Quién de ustedes conmigo se va?
Who among you will come with me?
Pajarillos, pajarillos
Birds, birds
Muchas gracias
Thank you very much
Muchas gracias
Thank you very much
Writer(s): Ricardo Garcia De Arellano
Contributed by London N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@ypaolatms8955
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Disfrutando de la primavera y de las aves sus culidos cantos
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Cuando a México vallas rosita a venderlos en la capital cinco pesos será el menor precio que por ellos te den por allá
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Pajarillos
Pajarillos...
@patriciaduenas316
Una voz que se queda en el alma y una mujer excepcional!,,
@azucarfloresymuchoscolores3544
Esta canción me hacía llorar cuando me vine a vivir a Canadá. Extrañaba tanto a mi Padre. Guadalupe me recuerda a mi abuelita cuando era joven. Una mujer menudita, preciosa y elegante
@venanciobernabe7334
México de mis recuerdos no cabe duda , ojalá vengan muchas generaciones de cantantes como estos .
@gabrielfacebook4335
Muchas felicidades canta como los meros ángeles ❤Dios la bendiga 🙏por cantar cómo se merece México🇲🇽Saludos desde Jerez ,Zacatecas México❤🇲🇽👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@lupitamendez8132
Siempre única, excelente interpretación, voz inigualable, pone muy en alto a México con sus interpretaciones
@jorapasojorapaso7482
Es que siempre es lindo escuchar las canciones con las que crecimos pero es un deleite poder oírlas con una voz hermosa. Gracias Guadalupe.
@robertorivera8972
Una canción qué me párese que no debe desaparecer de nuestra memoria y Guadalupe Pineda la interpreta exelente y,la canción completa,no todos los intérpretes la cantan asi
@hugoospinamonsalve3868
Que bonitos melismas, gran voz, buen tema. Saludos desde Medellín Colombia
@josegarcia9841
Que nostaljia ,que sentimiento ,se siente escuchar esta canción cuando se está lejos,
@danysol4445
Hermosa voz que trae el recuerdo de nuestro México del ayer de nuestras raices y de nuestros pueblos, viva México