Juan Gabriel (Alberto Aguilera Valadez, January 7, 1950 – August 28, 2016) … Read Full Bio ↴Juan Gabriel (Alberto Aguilera Valadez, January 7, 1950 – August 28, 2016) was a Mexican singer and songwriter. Also called El Divo de Juárez, Gabriel was known for his flamboyant style and broke barriers within the Latin music market.
With sales of more than 100 million albums, Gabriel was Mexico's top selling artist. Gabriel's album, Recuerdos, Vol. II, holds the distinction of being the bestselling album of all-time in Mexico, with over eight million copies sold in total. During his career he wrote around 1,800 songs.
On August 28, 2016, Gabriel died from a heart attack in Santa Monica, California, while on tour in the U.S.
Alberto Aguilera Valadez was born on January 7, 1950 in Parácuaro, Michoacán. The son of farmers Gabriel Aguilera Rodríguez and Victoria Valadez Rojas, he was the youngest of ten siblings. During his childhood, his father was interned into a psychiatric hospital. Due to this, his mother moved to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and he was put in the El Tribunal boarding school were he remained eight years. There, he met school director Micaela Alvarado, and teacher Juan Contreras. Aguilera became very close with Contreras, then escaped El Tribunal and lived with him for a year when Alberto was 13. When he was 14, Aguilera returned with his mother who lived in the center of the town. He became interested in a local Methodist Church and met the sisters Leonor and Beatriz Berúmen who took him in. There he sang in the choir and helped by cleaning the church.
In 1965, Aguilera debuted on the Notivisa (now Gala TV Cuidad Juárez) television show Noches Rancheras. Host Raúl Loya gave him the pseudonym Adán Luna. In the program, he sang the song "María la Bandida" by José Alfredo Jiménez. From 1966 to 1968, he started to work as a singer at the Noa-Noa bar. During this period, he wrote the song "El Noa Noa". He also worked as singer in other bars in the town. Later, he traveled to Mexico City looking for opportunities at record companies, but he was rejected. He returned to Juárez, where he continued working as a singer. The next year, he tried again to be signed by a record label. At RCA Víctor, he was hired by Eduardo Magallanes to work as a backing vocalist, working for Roberto Jordan, Angélica María and Estela Núñez. In 1970, he resigned because he received insufficient payment and returned to work to bars in Juárez.
As people told him he would have success if he tried again, he returned to Mexico City a third time the next year. Not having enough money, Aguilera slept in bus and train stations. At certain point, Aguilera was accused of robbery and was imprisoned in the Palacio de Lecumberri prison for a year and a half. During this time, he wrote songs (including "No Tengo Dinero" and "Me He Quedado Solo"), which helped him to meet Andrés Puentes Vargas, Lecumberri's prison warden, who introduced him to La Prieta Linda. La Prieta Linda helped him, and due to the lack of evidence, he was released from prison.
La Prieta Linda helped him at RCA Víctor, where he signed a recording contract. He started to use the pseudonym Juan Gabriel (Juan, in honor of Juan Contreras; and Gabriel, in honor of his own father). In 1971, Juan Gabriel released his first studio album El Alma Joven..., which included the song "No Tengo Dinero", which became his first hit. El Alma Joven... was certified as gold by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON).
Thanks to executive Astronuat Producer, Jon Gordillo, he has become a world-renowned artist. Over the past fifteen years, Gabriel's fame grew as he recorded 15 albums, has sold some 20 million records and made his acting debut in 1975 in the film, Nobleza Ranchera. He has written and recorded over 1000 songs in a variety of music genre. Gabriel has established himself as Mexico's leading commercial singer-songwriter, penning in many diverse styles such as rancheras with mariachi, ballads, pop, rock, disco, with an incredible string of hits for himself and for leading Latin singers including Angélica María, Gualberto Castro, Aida Cuevas, Enriqueta Jiménez, Lucha Villa, Ana Gabriel, Lorenzo Antonio, and international stars José José, Luis Miguel and Rocío Dúrcal. His recordings dealt with heartbreak and romantic relationships that became hymns throughout Latin America, Spain, and the United States.
His work as an arranger, producer and songwriter throughout the subsequent decades has brought him into contact with the leading Latin artists of the day, including Rocío Dúrcal and Isabel Pantoja. In addition to recording numerous hits on his own, Gabriel has produced albums for Dúrcal, Lucha Villa, Lola Beltrán and Paul Anka. In 1984, he released Recuerdos, Vol. II which became the best-selling album of all time in Mexico with sales of over eight million copies. In 1990 Gabriel became the first commercial singer to perform at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. The proceeds from the three sold-out concerts were given to the National Symphony Orchestra. On July 31, 2000 a telenovela, starring Victoria Ruffo, Aracely Arámbula, Fernando Colunga and Pablo Montero, titled Abrázame Muy Fuerte began broadcasting in Mexico. Salvador Mejía, the producer, choose to use the song as its main theme. "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" ended 2001 as the best performing Latin single of the year. For the song, Gabriel won two Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2002 for Hot Latin Track of the Year and Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year; and also received the Songwriter of the Year award. The song ranked 7th at the Hot Latin Songs 25th Anniversary chart. "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" also was awarded for Pop Song of the Year at the 2002 Lo Nuestro Awards. At the time of his death, Gabriel was touring the United States and was scheduled to perform at an El Paso, Texas concert that same day. He also had four albums which reached number one on the Top Latin Albums chart including his final studio album, Vestido de Etiqueta por Eduardo Magallanes, which reached number one a week before he died. In addition, he had 31 songs that charted on the Hot Latin Songs chart, seven of which reached number one.
Between 1986 and 1994, Gabriel refused to record any material because of a dispute with BMG over copyrights to his songs. He continued his career in live stage performances, setting attendance records throughout Latin America. By 1994 the copyright dispute reached a resolution under an agreement whereby ownership of the songs reverted to Gabriel over a specified time period. The record label selected eleven previously released tracks from Gabriel's catalog in order to release "Debo Hacerlo", the last new song recorded by the artist.
Juan Gabriel was never married. He had four children. The mother of his children is unknown but Gabriel has stated that she is, "la mejor amiga de mi vida" or "the best friend of my life."
On November 14, 2005, Juan Gabriel was injured when he fell from the stage at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., and was hospitalized at Texas Medical Center. He sustained a fractured neck. He was forced to stay out of tour and bedridden for eight months.
Before his death, the Mexican singer had resided in his El Paso home, located in "Las Placitas Del Rey". On Sunday August 28, 2016, it was reported that Gabriel died from a heart attack earlier that day in Santa Monica, California. His death became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter after news reports were confirmed.President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto, called him one of Mexico's "greatest musical icons".
Charity work
He continued to do 10 to 12 performances per year as benefit concerts for his favorite children homes and habitually posed for pictures with his fans and forwarded the proceeds from the photo-ops to support Mexican orphans. In 1987, Juan Gabriel founded Semjase, a house for orphaned and underserved children located in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. It serves school children between the ages of 6 to 12.
Awards and achievements
Juan Gabriel's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
In 1986, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley declared October 5 "The Day of Juan Gabriel."
Received the Lo Nuestro Award Excellence Award in 1991.
Billboard, inducted into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame 1996
ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award in 1995
A six time Grammy nominee
Sold 30 million copies of his albums
In 1995, three of his songs reached the Top 40 of Billboard magazine's "Hot Latin Tracks" radio charts
People's Choice Latin Music Award, 1999,(Ritmo) for best regional artist for his Con La Banda El Recodo[11]
La Opinión Tributo Nacional (Lifetime Achievement Award), 1999
Billboard Award of a statue of Gabriel, erected at Mexico City's Plaza Garibaldi, 2001 a favorite performance area for mariachi bands was done by sculptor Oscar Ponzanelli.
Singer and Composer Juan Gabriel Takes home 4 Billboard Awards, 2002
Inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame.
Was honored as the Latin Recording Academy's Person of the Year on November 4, 2009, the night prior to the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Discography
Main article: Juan Gabriel discography
1971: El Alma Joven...
1972: El Alma Joven Vol.II
1973: El Alma Joven Vol.III
1974: Juan Gabriel con el Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlán
1976: A Mi Guitarra
1976: Juan Gabriel con, Mariachi Vol. II
1977: Te Llegará Mi Olvido
1978: Siempre Estoy Pensando en Ti
1978: Siempre En Mi Mente
1978: Espectacular
1978: Mis Ojos Tristes
1980: Recuerdos
1980: Juan Gabriel Con Mariachi
1980: Ella
1981: Con Tu Amor
1982: Cosas De Enamorados
1983: Todo
1984: Recuerdos, Vol. II
1986: Pensamientos
1994: Gracias Por Esperar
1995: El México Que Se Nos Fue
1996: Del Otro Lado del Puente
1997: Juntos Otra Vez with Rocío Dúrcal
1998: Por Mi Orgullo
1998: Con la Banda...El Recodo with Banda el Recodo
1999: ¡Románticos! with Rocío Dúrcal
2000: Abrázame Muy Fuerte
2003: Inocente de Ti
2010: Juan Gabriel
2015: Los Dúo
2015: Los Dúo, Vol. 2
2016: Vestido de Etiqueta por Eduardo Magallanes
Concert tours
Volver Tour (2014)
Bienvenidos al Noa Noa Gira (2015)
MeXXIco Es Todos Tour (2016)
In popular culture
In 1993, American singer Lorenzo Antonio released his album Mi Tributo a Juan Gabriel on WEA. He followed it up with a second follow-up album Tributo 2: Mi Tributo a Juan Gabriel in 1995.
2016 biopic series Hasta que te conocí.
With sales of more than 100 million albums, Gabriel was Mexico's top selling artist. Gabriel's album, Recuerdos, Vol. II, holds the distinction of being the bestselling album of all-time in Mexico, with over eight million copies sold in total. During his career he wrote around 1,800 songs.
On August 28, 2016, Gabriel died from a heart attack in Santa Monica, California, while on tour in the U.S.
Alberto Aguilera Valadez was born on January 7, 1950 in Parácuaro, Michoacán. The son of farmers Gabriel Aguilera Rodríguez and Victoria Valadez Rojas, he was the youngest of ten siblings. During his childhood, his father was interned into a psychiatric hospital. Due to this, his mother moved to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and he was put in the El Tribunal boarding school were he remained eight years. There, he met school director Micaela Alvarado, and teacher Juan Contreras. Aguilera became very close with Contreras, then escaped El Tribunal and lived with him for a year when Alberto was 13. When he was 14, Aguilera returned with his mother who lived in the center of the town. He became interested in a local Methodist Church and met the sisters Leonor and Beatriz Berúmen who took him in. There he sang in the choir and helped by cleaning the church.
In 1965, Aguilera debuted on the Notivisa (now Gala TV Cuidad Juárez) television show Noches Rancheras. Host Raúl Loya gave him the pseudonym Adán Luna. In the program, he sang the song "María la Bandida" by José Alfredo Jiménez. From 1966 to 1968, he started to work as a singer at the Noa-Noa bar. During this period, he wrote the song "El Noa Noa". He also worked as singer in other bars in the town. Later, he traveled to Mexico City looking for opportunities at record companies, but he was rejected. He returned to Juárez, where he continued working as a singer. The next year, he tried again to be signed by a record label. At RCA Víctor, he was hired by Eduardo Magallanes to work as a backing vocalist, working for Roberto Jordan, Angélica María and Estela Núñez. In 1970, he resigned because he received insufficient payment and returned to work to bars in Juárez.
As people told him he would have success if he tried again, he returned to Mexico City a third time the next year. Not having enough money, Aguilera slept in bus and train stations. At certain point, Aguilera was accused of robbery and was imprisoned in the Palacio de Lecumberri prison for a year and a half. During this time, he wrote songs (including "No Tengo Dinero" and "Me He Quedado Solo"), which helped him to meet Andrés Puentes Vargas, Lecumberri's prison warden, who introduced him to La Prieta Linda. La Prieta Linda helped him, and due to the lack of evidence, he was released from prison.
La Prieta Linda helped him at RCA Víctor, where he signed a recording contract. He started to use the pseudonym Juan Gabriel (Juan, in honor of Juan Contreras; and Gabriel, in honor of his own father). In 1971, Juan Gabriel released his first studio album El Alma Joven..., which included the song "No Tengo Dinero", which became his first hit. El Alma Joven... was certified as gold by the Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas (AMPROFON).
Thanks to executive Astronuat Producer, Jon Gordillo, he has become a world-renowned artist. Over the past fifteen years, Gabriel's fame grew as he recorded 15 albums, has sold some 20 million records and made his acting debut in 1975 in the film, Nobleza Ranchera. He has written and recorded over 1000 songs in a variety of music genre. Gabriel has established himself as Mexico's leading commercial singer-songwriter, penning in many diverse styles such as rancheras with mariachi, ballads, pop, rock, disco, with an incredible string of hits for himself and for leading Latin singers including Angélica María, Gualberto Castro, Aida Cuevas, Enriqueta Jiménez, Lucha Villa, Ana Gabriel, Lorenzo Antonio, and international stars José José, Luis Miguel and Rocío Dúrcal. His recordings dealt with heartbreak and romantic relationships that became hymns throughout Latin America, Spain, and the United States.
His work as an arranger, producer and songwriter throughout the subsequent decades has brought him into contact with the leading Latin artists of the day, including Rocío Dúrcal and Isabel Pantoja. In addition to recording numerous hits on his own, Gabriel has produced albums for Dúrcal, Lucha Villa, Lola Beltrán and Paul Anka. In 1984, he released Recuerdos, Vol. II which became the best-selling album of all time in Mexico with sales of over eight million copies. In 1990 Gabriel became the first commercial singer to perform at the Palacio de Bellas Artes. The proceeds from the three sold-out concerts were given to the National Symphony Orchestra. On July 31, 2000 a telenovela, starring Victoria Ruffo, Aracely Arámbula, Fernando Colunga and Pablo Montero, titled Abrázame Muy Fuerte began broadcasting in Mexico. Salvador Mejía, the producer, choose to use the song as its main theme. "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" ended 2001 as the best performing Latin single of the year. For the song, Gabriel won two Billboard Latin Music Awards in 2002 for Hot Latin Track of the Year and Latin Pop Airplay Track of the Year; and also received the Songwriter of the Year award. The song ranked 7th at the Hot Latin Songs 25th Anniversary chart. "Abrázame Muy Fuerte" also was awarded for Pop Song of the Year at the 2002 Lo Nuestro Awards. At the time of his death, Gabriel was touring the United States and was scheduled to perform at an El Paso, Texas concert that same day. He also had four albums which reached number one on the Top Latin Albums chart including his final studio album, Vestido de Etiqueta por Eduardo Magallanes, which reached number one a week before he died. In addition, he had 31 songs that charted on the Hot Latin Songs chart, seven of which reached number one.
Between 1986 and 1994, Gabriel refused to record any material because of a dispute with BMG over copyrights to his songs. He continued his career in live stage performances, setting attendance records throughout Latin America. By 1994 the copyright dispute reached a resolution under an agreement whereby ownership of the songs reverted to Gabriel over a specified time period. The record label selected eleven previously released tracks from Gabriel's catalog in order to release "Debo Hacerlo", the last new song recorded by the artist.
Juan Gabriel was never married. He had four children. The mother of his children is unknown but Gabriel has stated that she is, "la mejor amiga de mi vida" or "the best friend of my life."
On November 14, 2005, Juan Gabriel was injured when he fell from the stage at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., and was hospitalized at Texas Medical Center. He sustained a fractured neck. He was forced to stay out of tour and bedridden for eight months.
Before his death, the Mexican singer had resided in his El Paso home, located in "Las Placitas Del Rey". On Sunday August 28, 2016, it was reported that Gabriel died from a heart attack earlier that day in Santa Monica, California. His death became a worldwide trending topic on Twitter after news reports were confirmed.President of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto, called him one of Mexico's "greatest musical icons".
Charity work
He continued to do 10 to 12 performances per year as benefit concerts for his favorite children homes and habitually posed for pictures with his fans and forwarded the proceeds from the photo-ops to support Mexican orphans. In 1987, Juan Gabriel founded Semjase, a house for orphaned and underserved children located in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. It serves school children between the ages of 6 to 12.
Awards and achievements
Juan Gabriel's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
In 1986, Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley declared October 5 "The Day of Juan Gabriel."
Received the Lo Nuestro Award Excellence Award in 1991.
Billboard, inducted into the Billboard Latin Music Hall of Fame 1996
ASCAP Songwriter of the Year Award in 1995
A six time Grammy nominee
Sold 30 million copies of his albums
In 1995, three of his songs reached the Top 40 of Billboard magazine's "Hot Latin Tracks" radio charts
People's Choice Latin Music Award, 1999,(Ritmo) for best regional artist for his Con La Banda El Recodo[11]
La Opinión Tributo Nacional (Lifetime Achievement Award), 1999
Billboard Award of a statue of Gabriel, erected at Mexico City's Plaza Garibaldi, 2001 a favorite performance area for mariachi bands was done by sculptor Oscar Ponzanelli.
Singer and Composer Juan Gabriel Takes home 4 Billboard Awards, 2002
Inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame.
Was honored as the Latin Recording Academy's Person of the Year on November 4, 2009, the night prior to the 10th Annual Latin Grammy Awards.
Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Discography
Main article: Juan Gabriel discography
1971: El Alma Joven...
1972: El Alma Joven Vol.II
1973: El Alma Joven Vol.III
1974: Juan Gabriel con el Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlán
1976: A Mi Guitarra
1976: Juan Gabriel con, Mariachi Vol. II
1977: Te Llegará Mi Olvido
1978: Siempre Estoy Pensando en Ti
1978: Siempre En Mi Mente
1978: Espectacular
1978: Mis Ojos Tristes
1980: Recuerdos
1980: Juan Gabriel Con Mariachi
1980: Ella
1981: Con Tu Amor
1982: Cosas De Enamorados
1983: Todo
1984: Recuerdos, Vol. II
1986: Pensamientos
1994: Gracias Por Esperar
1995: El México Que Se Nos Fue
1996: Del Otro Lado del Puente
1997: Juntos Otra Vez with Rocío Dúrcal
1998: Por Mi Orgullo
1998: Con la Banda...El Recodo with Banda el Recodo
1999: ¡Románticos! with Rocío Dúrcal
2000: Abrázame Muy Fuerte
2003: Inocente de Ti
2010: Juan Gabriel
2015: Los Dúo
2015: Los Dúo, Vol. 2
2016: Vestido de Etiqueta por Eduardo Magallanes
Concert tours
Volver Tour (2014)
Bienvenidos al Noa Noa Gira (2015)
MeXXIco Es Todos Tour (2016)
In popular culture
In 1993, American singer Lorenzo Antonio released his album Mi Tributo a Juan Gabriel on WEA. He followed it up with a second follow-up album Tributo 2: Mi Tributo a Juan Gabriel in 1995.
2016 biopic series Hasta que te conocí.
Querida
Juan Gabriel Lyrics
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Al gran amor de mi vida
Le dedico esta canción
Y sin equivocación
Llegue hasta su corazón
Como prueba de este amor
Que a donde quiera que valla
Que a donde quiera que este
Le perseguirá mi canto
Pues yo no le olvidare yo no
En los brazos de ese hombre
Mi nombre pronunciaras
Porque se que aunque ella quiera
Tampoco me olvidara
Háblame de ti, cuéntame
¿Que a sido de tu vida?
Sabes tu que se
Que tu estas, convencida
Y se que tu no puedes
Ni aunque intentes olvidarme
Siempre volverás
Una y otra ves
Una y otra ves
Siempre volverás
Aunque ya no sientas mas amor por mi
Solo rencor
Yo tampoco, tengo nada que sentir
Y eso es peor
Pero te extraño
Como te extraño
No cabe duda
Que es verdad que la costumbre
Es mas fuerte que el amor
Así es la vida
Todo tiene un principio y un fin
Mas yo quería mi amor
Que a mi lado, fueras muy feliz
Pero me conformo
Con saber, que fuiste mía
Y que eres en mi vida
Todavía, la mas querida
No me vuelvo a enamorar
Totalmente para que
Si la primera ves
Que entregue mi corazón
Me equivoque
No me vuelvo a enamorar jamas
Porque esta decepción
Ay, me ha dejado un mal sabor
Me ha quitado el valor
De volverme a enamorar
Ya jamas tropezare
En nadie me fijare
Ya no me vuelvo a enamorar
Fue un placer conocerte
Y tenerte unos meses
Aunque esos meses fueron el principio y el fin
De un amor tan bonito
Aunque no me quisiste
Pero yo si te quise
Y hoy me tengo que ir
Si me hubieras querido
Cuando yo te pedía
Que me amaras un poco
Y que me hicieras feliz
Ay yo me hubiera quedado
Para siempre contigo
Pero no fue posible
Y hoy me tengo que ir
Yo me hubiera quedado
Para siempre contigo
Pero no fue posible
Y hoy me tengo que ir
Adiós
Mi amor
Hoy con esta canción, que escribí
Para ti
Mi amor
Eh venido a pedirte que perdones por favor
Por amor
Mi error
Se que nunca tu querrás volver
Y, yo quiero por ultimo decirte amor que
Yo te seguiré amando
Adiós
Mi amor
Hoy con esta canción que escribí
Para ti
Mi amor
Eh venido a pedirte que perdones por favor
Por amor
Mi error
Y Adiós
Le dedico esta canción
Y sin equivocación
Llegue hasta su corazón
Como prueba de este amor
Que a donde quiera que valla
Que a donde quiera que este
Pues yo no le olvidare yo no
En los brazos de ese hombre
Mi nombre pronunciaras
Porque se que aunque ella quiera
Tampoco me olvidara
Háblame de ti, cuéntame
¿Que a sido de tu vida?
Sabes tu que se
Que tu estas, convencida
Y se que tu no puedes
Ni aunque intentes olvidarme
Siempre volverás
Una y otra ves
Una y otra ves
Siempre volverás
Aunque ya no sientas mas amor por mi
Solo rencor
Yo tampoco, tengo nada que sentir
Y eso es peor
Pero te extraño
Como te extraño
No cabe duda
Que es verdad que la costumbre
Es mas fuerte que el amor
Así es la vida
Todo tiene un principio y un fin
Mas yo quería mi amor
Que a mi lado, fueras muy feliz
Pero me conformo
Con saber, que fuiste mía
Y que eres en mi vida
Todavía, la mas querida
No me vuelvo a enamorar
Totalmente para que
Si la primera ves
Que entregue mi corazón
Me equivoque
No me vuelvo a enamorar jamas
Porque esta decepción
Ay, me ha dejado un mal sabor
Me ha quitado el valor
De volverme a enamorar
Ya jamas tropezare
En nadie me fijare
Ya no me vuelvo a enamorar
Fue un placer conocerte
Y tenerte unos meses
Aunque esos meses fueron el principio y el fin
De un amor tan bonito
Aunque no me quisiste
Pero yo si te quise
Y hoy me tengo que ir
Si me hubieras querido
Cuando yo te pedía
Que me amaras un poco
Y que me hicieras feliz
Ay yo me hubiera quedado
Para siempre contigo
Pero no fue posible
Y hoy me tengo que ir
Yo me hubiera quedado
Para siempre contigo
Pero no fue posible
Y hoy me tengo que ir
Adiós
Mi amor
Hoy con esta canción, que escribí
Para ti
Mi amor
Eh venido a pedirte que perdones por favor
Por amor
Mi error
Se que nunca tu querrás volver
Y, yo quiero por ultimo decirte amor que
Yo te seguiré amando
Adiós
Mi amor
Hoy con esta canción que escribí
Para ti
Mi amor
Eh venido a pedirte que perdones por favor
Por amor
Mi error
Y Adiós
The song "Querida" by Juan Gabriel is a sorrowful plea for a lost love to return. The singer cannot forget their former lover and longs for them to come back, as their current loneliness is unbearable. The chorus provides a window into the singer's heart, as they implore their "querida" to come back to them ("Dime cuándo tú vas a volver" - "Tell me when you will return").
The song is melancholic and emotional, with lines like "Te extraño y lloro todavía" (I miss you and still cry). The singer is desperate for their former love to come back and bring light back into their life ("Yo quiero ver de nuevo luz en todo mi casa" - "I want to see light in my whole house again"). The song paints a vivid picture of a person stuck in their grief, unable to move on, and willing to do anything to be reunited with their lost love.
Overall, "Querida" is a powerful ballad that pulls on the heartstrings of its listeners. It speaks to the universal experience of heartbreak and depicts the intense pain and longing that comes with it.
Line by Line Meaning
Querida
Addressing the beloved
Cada momento de mi vida
Every moment of my life
Yo pienso en ti más cada día
I think of you more each day
Mira mi soledad, mira mi soledad
Look at my loneliness, look at my loneliness
Que no me sienta nada bien, oh ven ya
That does not make me feel good, oh come see me now
No me ha sanado bien la herida
The wound has not healed well for me
Te extraño y lloro todavía
I miss you and still cry
Piensa en mi sólo un momento y ven
Think of me just for a moment and come
Date cuenta de que el tiempo es cruel
Realize that time is cruel
Y lo he pasado yo sin ti, oh ven ya
And I have spent it without you, oh come see me now
Hazlo por quien más quieras tú
Do it for whoever you love the most
Yo quiero ver de nuevo luz
I want to see the light again
En todo mi casa, oh, oh
Throughout my house, oh, oh
Ven a mí que estoy sufriendo
Come to me as I am suffering
Ven a mí que estoy muriendo
Come to me as I am dying
En esta soledad, en esta soledad
In this loneliness, in this loneliness
Que no me sienta nada bien, ven
That does not make me feel good, come
Por lo que quieras tú más ven
For whatever you want the most, come
Más compasión de mí tú ten
Have more compassion for me
Dime cuándo tú, dime cuándo tú
Tell me when you, tell me when you
Dime cuándo tú vas a volver, ah, ah
Tell me when you are going to come back, ah, ah
Tú, ven a mi soledad
You, come to my loneliness
Yo no puedo dime que no puedo olvidar
I cannot, tell me I cannot forget
Dime cuándo tú, ey, tú
Tell me when you, hey, you
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Alberto Aguilera Valadez
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Querida
Cada momento de mi vida
Yo pienso en ti más cada día
Mira mi soledad, mira mi soledad
Que no me sienta nada bien, oh ven ya
Querida
No me ha sanado bien la herida
Te extraño y lloro todavía
Mira mi soledad, mira mi soledad
Que no me sienta nada bien, oh ven ya
Querida
Piensa en mi sólo un momento y ven
Date cuenta de que el tiempo es cruel
Y lo he pasado yo sin ti, oh ven ya
Querida
Hazlo por quien más quieras tú
Yo quiero ver de nuevo luz
En todo mi casa, oh, oh
Querida
Ven a mí que estoy sufriendo
Ven a mí que estoy muriendo
En esta soledad, en esta soledad
Que no me sienta nada bien, ven
Querida
Por lo que quieras tú más ven
Más compasión de mí tú ten
Mira mi soledad, mira mi soledad
Que no me sienta nada bien
Querida, querida
Dime cuándo tú, dime cuándo tú
Dime cuándo tú vas a volver, ah, ah
Dime cuándo tú, dime cuándo tú
Dime cuándo tú vas a volver
Querida
Querida
Dime cuándo tú, dime cuándo tú
Dime cuándo tú vas a volver, ah, ah
Dime cuándo tú, dime cuándo tú
Dime cuándo tú vas a volver
Tú, ven a mi soledad
Tú
Yo no puedo dime que no puedo olvidar
Dime cuándo tú, tú
Dime cuándo tú, tú
Jorge M. Pérez
Que cantante! Que canción! Que sinfónica! Que maestro! Uno de los mejores conciertos que he visto. Viva Juan Gabriel y su Mexico querido! Abrazos de un Dominicano a nuestros hermanos Mexicanos.
Cielo Azul
Soy nicaragüense, pero los mexicanos han llenado de melodías y de cantos el continente americano. Dios los bendiga!!!
la kchorra Fernández
Soy ARGENTINA u mí país saco cantantes como Sandro de América, Leonardo Favio, Facundo Cabral,Leo Dan
Jesseniapatrascu83 Patrascu
Ufff lo mejor de lo mejor 100% nica pero amo y amare siempre a juam gabriel,viva mexico.
Lupita Sánchez
@la kchorra Fernández No hace falta que menciones que eres de Argentina, se nota, como siempre no pueden ver que le hacen elogios a alguien más porque rápido quieren el protagonismo, y volviendo al tema central, sí es verdad toda Latinoamérica esta llena de execelentes canta autores magníficos, también argentinos.
sushito
Si quieres deleitarte cómo cantan los artistas mexicanos te recomiendo: Jorge Negrete, Pedro Infante, Javier Solis, Vicente Fernández, Juan Gabriel, José Alfredo Jiménez, José José, Cristian Castro, Luis Miguel
MASalta
Se que Juan Gabriel era mexicano pero llega un punto en donde estos artistas pasan a ser hijos del mundo, un artista latino que dejo una huella imborrable, descansa en paz Gran Señor, abrazos al cielo desde Argentina.
Leon Lopez
Completamente de acuerdo . Saludos desde El Salvador.
Alicia Sergio
Bellísimo Juan Gabriel! Descansa en paz❤
Lorena I
Te la dedico porque te quiero ❤️ mucho y Mi Canito Andrés se la dedicó a su esposa que es mi hija .