Canción De Lejos
Los Carabajal Lyrics

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Me voy amor
si soy motivo para el olvido
decimelos, decimelo
que la paloma de tu pañuelo
me diga no, me diga adios.

Me dices no
pero tus ojos se van con migo

por donde voy huellita soy
que va y que vuelve como dos veces
del rio a mi, del cielo a vos.

Que sencillo modo
tubo el cariño entre vos y yo
tan solo de un pañuelo
a donde el cielo se me olvido, se te olvido.

Humito azul
que sube y sube desde la leña
quemandose, quemandome
como la luna que con tu ausencia
me suelen ver, quemandome.

Ausente voy
como paloma herida en un ala
penando estoy, me suelen ver
a medio vuelo de tu pañuelo
buscandote, me suelen ver.

Que sencillo modo
tubo el cariño entre vos y yo

tan solo un pañuelo
a donde el cielo se me olvido, se te olvido.

Overall Meaning

In Canción De Lejos, Los Carabajal sing about a love that is being torn apart by distance. The singer is leaving his love behind, but he is uncertain if he will be forgotten. He asks his love to assure him that she will not forget him by telling the dove on her handkerchief to say goodbye. Even though she says no, her eyes betray her true feelings, and they follow him wherever he goes like his footsteps. The love they shared was simple, represented by just a handkerchief, but it seems like even that might be forgotten as they are separated.

As the song progresses, the singer talks about the smoke rising from the fire, burning like he is burning with the absence of his love. He compares himself to a wounded dove, desperately searching for his love, even at half-mast, and how simple their love was, just represented by a handkerchief. The song captures the longing and pain of a love that cannot be, and how even the simplest love can be removed from existence by distance and time.

Line by Line Meaning

Me voy amor
I am leaving, my love

si soy motivo para el olvido
If I am the reason for forgetting

decimelos, decimelo
Tell me, tell me

que la paloma de tu pañuelo
Let the dove on your handkerchief

me diga no, me diga adios.
Say goodbye to me

Me dices no
You tell me no

pero tus ojos se van con migo
But your eyes follow me

por donde voy huellita soy
I leave a trail wherever I go

que va y que vuelve como dos veces
That goes and comes back twice

del rio a mi, del cielo a vos.
From the river to me, from the sky to you

Que sencillo modo
How simple it was