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".

Rabo De Nube
Katia Cardenal Lyrics

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Si me dijeran pide un deseo,
preferiría un rabo de nube,
un torbellino en el suelo
y una gran ira que sube.
Un barredor de tristezas,
un aguacero en venganza
que cuando escampe parezca
nuestra esperanza.

Si me dijeran pide un deseo,
preferiría un rabo de nube,
que se llevara lo feo
y nos dejara el querube.
Un barredor de tristezas,
un aguacero en venganza

que cuando escampe parezca
nuestra esperanza.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Katia Cardenal's song "Rabo De Nube" convey a deep sense of yearning for a better future. The singer expresses a desire for a "rabo de nube," or tail of a cloud, which symbolizes a fleeting and intangible object. This wish is a metaphor for a transformative experience that cleanses the soul of its sadness and brings renewal. The singer goes on to suggest that a whirlwind on the ground and a great anger that rises would accompany this cloud tail to symbolize the release of pent-up emotion and a complete cleansing of the spirit.

The singer continues to express their desire for "un barredor de tristezas," or a sweeper of sadness, as well as "un aguacero en venganza," or a downpour of revenge, indicating a need to eradicate negative feelings and memories. The singer takes solace in the idea that after this tumultuous rain, there would be hope left, symbolized by the emergence of a new beginning ("cuando escampe parezca nuestra esperanza"). The song captures the essence of the human struggle for a better future, emphasizing the importance of letting go of pain and anger to embrace the future with hope and optimism.

Line by Line Meaning

Si me dijeran pide un deseo,
If I were asked to make a wish,

preferiría un rabo de nube,
I would prefer a tail of cloud,

un torbellino en el suelo
a whirlwind on the ground,

y una gran ira que sube.
and a great anger that rises.

Un barredor de tristezas,
A sweeper of sorrows,

un aguacero en venganza
a pouring rain in revenge

que cuando escampe parezca
so that when it clears up it seems

nuestra esperanza.
like our hope.

Si me dijeran pide un deseo,
If I were asked to make a wish,

preferiría un rabo de nube,
I would prefer a tail of cloud,

que se llevara lo feo
that would take away the ugly