Illapu was exiled due to their very liberal viewpoints during the right-wing dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, and returned to Chile in 1988. Their return was captured in the 1989 album `En Vivo: Parque La Bandera', which was a recording of their returning concert.
During their exile from Chile, they spent time in Europe in general and France in particular, where they gained a good amount of fame, as with other similar groups such as Inti Illimani and Los Calchakis.
Illapu comes from the Quechua word for "Lightning Bolt" (Quechua being the language of the Incan empire and still spoken by many Native American groups in South America).
Que Nos Esta Pasando
Illapu Lyrics
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(Andrés Márquez - Roberto Márquez)
Que nos está pasando
No somos los de ayer
Cierto ha pasado tiempo
Decimos madurez
Eso no da motivo
Eternos soñadores
Motores del hacer
Qué nos está pasando
Nos piden defender
Esos diez mil valores
Del año de aquel rey
Lo sin explicaciones
Que quisimos romper
Para lanzar la rueda
De cambios a correr
Qué nos está pasando
Quien lo puede creer
Nosotros los rebeldes
Hoy somos timonel
Es algo de la vida
Difícil de entender
La maldición del cielo
Que no deja crecer
Qué nos está pasando
Esto no puede ser
Propongo desatarnos
Y volver a creer
Que vengan las ideas
El nuevo acontecer
Cambiar el verbo nunca
Por puede suceder
...:::Nelita:::...
In Illapu's song "Que Nos Esta Pasando," the lyrics explore the idea that the group has changed over time, and questions what has caused that change. The opening lines state "What is happening to us? We are not who we were yesterday. Time has passed, and we claim maturity. But that does not give us reason to stop being eternal dreamers, engines of action." This sets the tone for the rest of the song, emphasizing the idea that the band may have lost sight of who they once were and what they stood for.
The song continues to discuss how others are asking the band to defend certain values and traditions from the past, which they may have once rebelled against. However, the band still believes in change and progress, stating "To throw the wheel of change, we must break the unexplained values that we once wanted to break." They also talk about the difficulties that come with growing up and taking on leadership roles, and how it can be a curse that prevents growth.
Ultimately, the band suggests that they need to challenge themselves and return to their roots to continue growing and dreaming. The lyrics state "I propose to untie ourselves and believe in the new future. Let the ideas come, and let us change the word 'never' to 'it could happen.'"
Line by Line Meaning
Que nos está pasando
What is happening to us?
No somos los de ayer
We are not the same people we were yesterday
Cierto ha pasado tiempo
Certainly, time has passed
Decimos madurez
We say maturity
Eso no da motivo
That is not a reason
Para dejar de ser
To stop being who we are
Eternos soñadores
Eternal dreamers
Motores del hacer
Motors of doing
Nos piden defender
They ask us to defend
Esos diez mil valores
Those ten thousand values
Del año de aquel rey
From the year of that king
Lo sin explicaciones
The unexplained
Que quisimos romper
That we wanted to break
Para lanzar la rueda
To launch the wheel
De cambios a correr
Of changes to run
Quien lo puede creer
Who can believe it?
Nosotros los rebeldes
We, the rebels
Hoy somos timonel
Today we are the helm
Es algo de la vida
It is something of life
Difícil de entender
Difficult to understand
La maldición del cielo
The curse of the sky
Que no deja crecer
That does not allow growth
Esto no puede ser
This cannot be
Propongo desatarnos
I propose we untie ourselves
Y volver a creer
And believe again
Que vengan las ideas
Let the ideas come
El nuevo acontecer
The new happening
Cambiar el verbo nunca
Change the verb never
Por puede suceder
For it can happen
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: ANDRES FERNANDO MARQUEZ BUGUENO, ROBERTO RAMON MARQUEZ BUGUE�O, ROBERTO RAMON MARQUEZ BUGUENO
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Que nos está pasando
No somos los de ayer
Cierto ha pasado tiempo
Decimos madurez
Eso no da motivo
Para dejar de ser
Eternos soñadores
Motores del hacer
Qué nos está pasando
Nos piden defender
Esos diez mil valores
Del año de aquel rey
Lo sin explicaciones
Que quisimos romper
Para lanzar la rueda
De cambios a correr
Qué nos está pasando
Quien lo puede creer
Nosotros los rebeldes
Hoy somos timonel
Es algo de la vida
Difícil de entender
La maldición del siglo
Que no deja crecer
Qué nos está pasando
Esto no puede ser
Propongo desatarnos
Y volver a creer
Que vengan las ideas
El nuevo acontecer
Cambiar el verbo nunca
Por puede suceder
AMADEO OLANO VASQUEZ
GRADE ILLAPU ...su música siempre estarán en nuestros corazones, grandes difusores de la cultrura y orgullo latinoamericano.. una pena tan grande la ausencia de Erick Maluenda. Un saludo muy especial desde lima Perú a todos mis hermanos chilenos ... basta de odios... todos cantemos juntos por un mundo mejor.
Jose Gabriel Opazo Hernandez
Saludos hermano y fuerza al hermoso pueblo del Perú
Marianne Escobar
Tenía tanto frío 😣 que ahora ya se me abrigo el cuerpo bailando con este tema, son lo máximo queridos illapu👏👏💃💃💃🎶☄🎶
Angelica Correa
Hermosa esta musica grande illapu ,para siempre y x siempre .
Ana Silva
Se extraña la voz de Eric pero esta mejor que todos descansando saludos al cielo .querido y tecordado Eric Maluenda gran voz
Ana Silva
Andres Alex Rioseco Rioseco saludos
marcelinkin2
Pero que maravilla.
Mario Zaderhedas
Vamos Chile!!!
Bonnie Blair
exotic, passionate, I love it, Scott
Jose Oyarzun
Grande illapu y eric❤️🇨🇱🇨🇱