Katia Cardenal became famous as a Nueva Cancion singer in Nicaragua, workin… Read Full Bio ↴Katia Cardenal became famous as a Nueva Cancion singer in Nicaragua, working with her brother Salvador as "Guardabarranco". They gained worldwide fame with the release of an album on Redwood Records. She later married and moved to Norway, where she issued an album of songs by the Norwegian songwriter Alf Prøysen, sung in Spanish and backed by an amazing array of Cuban Musicians "Fragancia".

Dónde pongo lo hallado?
Katia Cardenal Lyrics

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¿Donde pongo lo hallado?
En las calles, los libros,
La noche, los rostros
En que te he buscado.

¿Donde pongo lo hallado?
En la tierra, en tu nombre,
En la Biblia, en el día

Que al fin te he encontrado.

¿Qué le digo a la muerte tantas veces llamada a mi lado
Que al cabo se ha vuelto mi hermana?

¿Qué le digo a la gloria vacía de estar sano
Haciéndome el triste, haciéndome el lobo?

¿Qué le digo a los perros que se iban conmigo
En noches perdidas de estar sin amigos?

¿Qué le digo a la luna que creí compañera
De noches y noches sin ser verdadera?

¿Qué hago ahora contigo?
Las palomas que van a dormir a los parques
Ya no hablan conmigo.

¿Qué hago ahora contigo?

Ahora que eres la luna, los perros,
Las noches, todos los amigos.

Overall Meaning

In the song "Dónde Pongo Lo Hallado" by Katia Cardenal, she reflects on the idea of finding oneself in various places and aspects of life. The verses, "Donde pongo lo hallado? En las calles, los libros, La noche, los rostros/ En que te he buscado," suggest that she has found pieces of herself in these different areas as she searches for someone or something. The repetition of the question, "Donde pongo lo hallado?" reinforces the theme of searching and finding.

Later in the song, she addresses death and the afterlife with the lines, "Qué le digo a la muerte tantas veces llamada a mi lado/ Que al cabo se ha vuelto mi hermana?" Here, she acknowledges the inevitability of death and its familiarity as it has become like a sister to her. She questions what to say to the "empty glory" of being healthy and the loneliness of being a "wolf" while surrounded by others. The references to the moon, dogs, and lost friends further emphasize the theme of searching and finding oneself.

Line by Line Meaning

¿Donde pongo lo hallado?
Where do I put what I have found?

En las calles, los libros,
In the streets, the books,

La noche, los rostros
The night, the faces

En que te he buscado.
In which I have searched for you.

En la tierra, en tu nombre,
In the earth, in your name,

En la Biblia, en el día
In the Bible, on the day

Que al fin te he encontrado.
That I finally found you.

¿Qué le digo a la muerte tantas veces llamada a mi lado
What do I tell death, so many times called to my side

Que al cabo se ha vuelto mi hermana?
That at the end she has become my sister?

¿Qué le digo a la gloria vacía de estar sano
What do I tell the empty glory of being healthy

Haciéndome el triste, haciéndome el lobo?
Making me sad, making me the wolf?