Encarnita "Kany" García De Jesus (born September 25, 1982 in Toa Baja, Puer… Read Full Bio ↴Encarnita "Kany" García De Jesus (born September 25, 1982 in Toa Baja, Puerto Rico) is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. García first appeared on television in 2004 as a contestant on Objetivo Fama. She is widely considered the most successful non-winner in the history of the show.

Kany García is born to a Spaniard father and Puerto Rican mother. García's father, Antonio, who gave up the priesthood when he met Shela, Encarnita García de Jesús, or Kany, grew up in a house where music was not only played, but also lived. The youngest of three children (Marishela and José Antonio, who is a lead cello player at the Sinfónica de Puerto Rico), Kany started learning classical music when she was just a child, studying cello, theory, solfeggio and chorus. At 13, she went to the Escuela Libre de Música, where the guitar would win her heart. This was followed by studies at Puerto Rico's Conservatorio de Música.

García known for being on the first season of Objetivo Fama, a singing talent contest held in Puerto Rico. During the show, Kany suffered a car accident, which forced her to abandon the competition. She was in intensive care for some time and managed to recover, although sensation in her left toe is limited.

After the accident, García turned into a much sought composer/songwriter. She wrote a song for Janina Irizarry's first album Todo De Mí. In 2006, García signed a recording contract with Sony BMG, releasing her debut album "Cualquier Día" (2007), which was a commercial success spawning four top 40 singles on the Billboard Latin Tracks. A year later, she released her second studio album, "Boleto De Entrada" (2009), which peaked within the top five of the Billboard Latin albums chart, and produced her first US Top 20 hit single, "Feliz" on Billboard Hot Latin Tracks. With great praise for her work, she was nominated for four Latin Grammy awards in 2008, and won Best Female Pop Vocal Album for "Cualquier Día" and Best New Artist.

Mi Dueña
Kany García Lyrics

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Quise pensarte
Quise quererte
Cuando ya me había ido
Cuando el frio me corre por las venas

Cuando la soledad me arropa
Cuando me siento sola entre ciudades
Yo vuelo en un instante y vuelvo a ti

Coro
Tan pequeña, tan bella, mi isla, mi dueña
Donde el cielo siempre desborda calores
Montañas, aromas, café, donde cantan los ruiseñores

Tú recorres sus playas y vez mil colores
Siempre hay fiesta y siempre existen mil razones
Pa sentir el pecho grande
Al decir que yo he nacido allí

Hice mil viajes
Vi con mis ojos un cielo tan abierto
Y sentí que me ahogaba un sentimiento

Pensar en volver a tus brazos
Escuchar el acento de mi pueblo
Las cosas tan sencillas que no vendo

Coro
Tan pequeña, tan bella, mi isla, mi dueña
Donde el cielo siempre desborda calores
Montañas, aromas, café, donde cantan los ruiseñores

Tú recorres sus playas y vez mil colores
Siempre hay fiesta y siempre existen mil razones
Pa sentir el pecho grande
Al decir que yo he nacido allí

Oh

Coro
Tan pequeña, tan bella, mi isla, mi dueña
Donde el cielo siempre desborda calores
Montañas, aromas, café, donde cantan los ruiseñores

Tú recorres sus playas y vez mil colores
Siempre hay fiesta y siempre existen mil razones
Pa sentir el pecho grande

Al decir que yo he nacido
Que yo he nacido allí

Overall Meaning

The song Mi Dueña by Kany García is a love letter to her homeland and birthplace, Puerto Rico. The song is an ode to the natural beauty, warmth, and vibrancy of the island. The lyrics express the singer's longing to return to her roots, to the place where she feels most alive, and most at home.

The first verse, "Quise pensarte, quise quererte, cuando ya me había ido" (I wanted to think of you, I wanted to love you, when I had already left) speaks to the bittersweet feeling of nostalgia that the singer experiences when she is away from Puerto Rico. She thinks of the island and loves it even more when she is far away, yet still feels the coldness in her veins.

The chorus "Tan pequeña, tan bella, mi isla, mi dueña" (So small, so beautiful, my island, my owner) celebrates the natural beauty of the island, from the mountains to the beaches to the scents of coffee and the songs of the nightingales. The singer notes that there are always reasons to celebrate and feel proud to be from Puerto Rico.

Overall, Mi Dueña is an emotional and passionate tribute to the singer's home, expressing deep love and pride for Puerto Rico, and the sense of belonging that comes with it.

Line by Line Meaning

Quise pensarte
I wanted to think of you

Quise quererte
I wanted to love you

Cuando ya me había ido
Even when I had already left

Cuando el frio me corre por las venas
When the cold runs through my veins

Cuando la soledad me arropa
When loneliness blankets me

Cuando me siento sola entre ciudades
When I feel alone among cities

Yo vuelo en un instante y vuelvo a ti
I fly in an instant and come back to you

Tan pequeña, tan bella, mi isla, mi dueña
So small, so beautiful, my island, my owner

Donde el cielo siempre desborda calores
Where the sky always overflows with warmth

Montañas, aromas, café, donde cantan los ruiseñores
Mountains, aromas, coffee, where nightingales sing

Tú recorres sus playas y vez mil colores
You walk along its beaches and see a thousand colors