Cueca de la Ausencia
Inti-Illimani Lyrics


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Un país llevo perdido
Cuando duermo
se me aparece
en mis sueños
como enemigo
como si en mi
pecho golpeara
un mar que boté al olvido
y a los ojos se me asomara




la vida que ya viví.

Overall Meaning

In Cueca de la Ausencia, Inti-Illimani explores the feeling of homesickness and longing for one's homeland. The lyrics speak of a lost country that appears in the singer's dreams as an enemy, as if a forgotten sea were pounding in their chest and memories of the life they once lived were flooding back. The singer is haunted by this sense of loss and displacement, unable to forget the land they were forced to leave behind.


The song is a poignant and emotional reflection on the experiences of people who have been displaced from their homes, whether due to political conflict, economic hardship, or other reasons. The idea of a lost country that lives on in the memories and dreams of exiles is a common theme in Latin American music and literature, and Inti-Illimani captures it beautifully in this traditional Chilean folk song.


Line by Line Meaning

Un país llevo perdido
I carry a lost country with me


Cuando duermo se me aparece en mis sueños
When I sleep, it appears in my dreams


como enemigo como si en mi pecho golpeara
as an enemy, as if hitting my chest


un mar que boté al olvido
a sea that I threw into oblivion


y a los ojos se me asomara la vida que ya viví.
and I see the life I've already lived in my eyes.




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Fanny


on Hermanochay

Hola, mi padre tenia un grupo de musica andina y cantaba esta cancion. Mi padre hoy ya no está y me hubiera gustado entender la letra, no encuentro traducción por ningún lado, alguien sabe la traducción?

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