Los Melódicos are a Latin dance band from Venezuela that plays a blend of C… Read Full Bio ↴Los Melódicos are a Latin dance band from Venezuela that plays a blend of Colombian, Cuban and Dominican rhythms. The orchestra was assembled by Renato Capriles in Caracas during the late 1950s, making their debut in a local radio station on July 15, 1958. Led by Capriles, the orchestra was voted by a Caracas journalist association as the best Venezuelan orchestra that year.

Since their foundation Los Melódicos has released more than 100 original albums and has toured extensively in Venezuela, Colombia, and in the top Hispanic circles of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami, being awarded in Venezuela 139 times, as well in Colombia (9) and United States (5). Leads singers in their history includes Emilita Dago, Manolo Monterrey, Víctor Piñero, Rafa Galindo, Chico Salas and Perucho Navarro.

Close to their 50th anniversary, Los Melódicos still touring and recording under Capriles direction

El Pastorcillo
Los Melodicos Lyrics

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cuentan
que un pastorcillo de ojos azules
se enamoró
de una princesa
que muy radiante por el camino
paseando vio
pero que cuentan
que un pastorcillo de ojos azules

se enamoró
de una princesa
que muy radiante por el camino
paseando vio
y tan prendado se quedó
con la princesa y su mirar
que aquella noche se pasó
llorando sin cesar
y tan prendado se quedó
con la princesa y su mirar
que aquella noche se pasó
llorando sin cesar

cuentan que el pobre pastorcillo
aquella noche murió llorando
y la princesa en su castillo
esa misma noche se la pasó bailando
y cuentan que el pobre pastorcillo
aquella noche murió llorando
y la princesa en su castillo
esa misma noche se la pasó bailando
yo moriré bailando
yo moriré gozando
así decía la princesa
y el pastorcillo llorando

cuentan que un pobre pastorcillo
aquella noche murió
llorando
y la princesa en su castillo
esa misma noche se la pasó
bailando

bailando
bailando

Overall Meaning

The song El Pastorcillo by Los Melodicos tells the story of a young shepherd boy with blue eyes who falls in love with a princess that he sees walking by radiantly. The boy becomes so infatuated with the princess and her gaze that he spends the night crying without rest. The next day, the rumors go that the shepherd boy died weeping, while the princess spent the same night dancing in her castle. The lyrics are a tragic tale of unrequited love, a concept that is common in many romantic stories throughout history.

The song is also a warning about the fleeting and ephemeral nature of life, with the contrast between the boy's lamenting and the princess's revelry in the face of death. It might serve as a reminder to treasure what we have while we still have it, and the importance of loving and cherishing those who love us.

Line by Line Meaning

cuentan
It is said

que un pastorcillo de ojos azules
that a blue-eyed shepherd boy

se enamoró
fell in love

de una princesa
with a princess

que muy radiante por el camino
who was walking radiantly on the path

paseando vio
he saw her passing by

pero que cuentan
but they say

y tan prendado se quedó
and he was so smitten

con la princesa y su mirar
with the princess and her gaze

que aquella noche se pasó
that night he spent

llorando sin cesar
crying without stopping