José Montserrate Feliciano García (born September 10, 1945 in Lares, Puerto… Read Full Bio ↴José Montserrate Feliciano García (born September 10, 1945 in Lares, Puerto Rico) is a singer and guitarist, who has been successful in both Spanish and English music. A victim of congenital glaucoma, he was left permanently blind at birth. He is most known for his Christmas song "Feliz Navidad", as well as his covers of "California Dreamin'" and "Light My Fire".

No Hay Sombra Que Me Cubra
José Feliciano Lyrics

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No hay sombra que me cubra
Y el fuego que me alumbra
Tu lo encendiste por siempre
Yo aprendí a querer

Mi alma despertaste
Mil dudas tu borraste
Con tu forma de amar

Que pude entender

Si alguna vez
Me dejaras de querer
Sabrás que yo me culpare

Y un nuevo amor
Tan solo traerá dolor
Sabras que a nadie más
Yo amare

Si alguna vez
Me dejaras de querer
Sabrás que yo me culpare

Y un nuevo amor
Tan solo traerá dolor
Sabrás que a nadie más
Yo amare

No hay sombra que me cubra
Y el fuego que me alumbra
Tu lo encendiste por siempre
Yo aprendí a querer

Oye mira
Si tu me alumbras el camino
Con tu amor encontré mi destino
Yo soy muy feliz con tu amor, con tu amor, con tu amor

Oye mira
Por ti volví a la vida
Y por ti yo cure mis heridas
Renació mi ilusión, por tu amor, con tu amor

Sin ti yo no puedo vivir
Porque tu me has hecho reír
Tu me has hecho feliz
Con tu amor, con tu amor, con tu amor

No hay sombra que me cubra
Y el fuego que me alumbra

Tu lo encendiste por siempre
Yo aprendí a querer a querer

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to José Feliciano's song "No Hay Sombra Que Me Cubra" speak about the power of love and the impact it has had on the singer's life. The first few lines create a metaphor for the strength of the love that the singer feels, saying that there is no shadow that can cover him now that he has found this love. He continues to say that the fire that now illuminates him was started by this person and that he has learned to love because of them.

The chorus speaks to the possibility of this love ending, which would leave the singer feeling guilty and unable to love anyone else quite as much. The repetition of the phrase "sabrás que" (you'll know) emphasizes the fact that this person will understand the true depth of the singer's love if they were to ever leave him. The final lines of the song reiterate the idea that the love this person has brought into his life has changed everything for the better, saying that he cannot live without it because it has brought him happiness and healed his wounds.

Overall, the song speaks to the transformative power of love and the way that it can completely change a person's life. It also touches on the fear and guilt that can come with loving someone so deeply and the idea that it would be impossible to love another person in quite the same way if this love were to end.

Line by Line Meaning

No hay sombra que me cubra
There is no darkness to hide me

Y el fuego que me alumbra
And the fire that illuminates me

Tu lo encendiste por siempre
You ignited it forever

Yo aprendí a querer
I learned to love

Mi alma despertaste
You awakened my soul

Mil dudas tu borraste
You erased a thousand doubts

Con tu forma de amar
With your way of loving

Que pude entender
That I could understand

Si alguna vez
If ever

Me dejaras de querer
You stop loving me

Sabrás que yo me culpare
You'll know I'll blame myself