Apicultor
Los Mil Jinetes Lyrics
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Por obligación
Al apicultor
Que hay dentro de mí
Para salvar a este planeta de la fatalidad
Ante mi alazán
Se estremece el sol
Para abrirme paso
Y voy abriendo cicatrices a la vez
Regresé de la expedición
Nada he conseguido
Nadie ha visto al apicultor
Si acaso existe
Es retraído
He barrido mi litoral
Y he bordeado el río
Pregunté hasta el manantial
De cada casa
Salí vacío
Me entrevisté sin resultados
Con los jefes de los principales
Clanes nómadas que me componen
Todavía no quiere aparecer
No pararé hasta hacerlo aparecer
Tengo que encontrar
Por obligación
Al apicultor
Que hay dentro de mí
Es pie forzado para la salvación
Mi salvación, tu salvación
The lyrics of Los Mil Jinetes's song Apicultor are about the search for the inner beekeeper within the artist in order to save the planet from impending doom. The artist feels it's their obligation to find the beekeeper within them and go on a journey to explore and find it. The artist describes themselves as a bullet, shooting themselves through anything that stands in their way. They are relentless, focused, and determined to leave no stone unturned. They are on a mission to find this elusive beekeeper inside of them that will be the key to the planet's salvation.
The artist has gone on an expedition to find this beekeeper but has returned empty-handed. They have searched the length and breadth of their territory, including the homes of the people in their community, but all their efforts have been in vain. Their obsession with finding this beekeeper has even led them to interview with the leaders of nomadic clans, hoping for a flicker of hope that would lead them to their goal. The final lines of the song are a passionate plea to find the beekeeper in order to save not only the planet but also themselves and everyone around them.
Overall, the lyrics to the song are a metaphorical representation of the search for individual responsibility, and how an individual's small efforts can contribute to a massive collective impact. The beekeeper within the artist represents the small steps that every person can take to contribute to the greater good, and how with collective action, it's possible to make a significant change in the world.
Line by Line Meaning
Tengo que encontrar
I must search
Por obligación
As a duty
Al apicultor
For the beekeeper
Que hay dentro de mí
That exists within me
Para salvar a este planeta de la fatalidad
To save this planet from disaster
Ante mi alazán
Before my horse
Se estremece el sol
The sun trembles
Me fui hecho un balazo
I went like a bullet
Para abrirme paso
To clear a path
Y voy abriendo cicatrices a la vez
And I'm opening wounds at the same time
Regresé de la expedición
I returned from the expedition
Nada he conseguido
I have achieved nothing
Nadie ha visto al apicultor
No one has seen the beekeeper
Si acaso existe
If he even exists
Es retraído
He is withdrawn
He barrido mi litoral
I've swept my coastline
Y he bordeado el río
And I've followed the river
Pregunté hasta el manantial
I asked up to the spring
De cada casa
Of every house
Salí vacío
I came up empty
Me entrevisté sin resultados
I interviewed without results
Con los jefes de los principales
With the leaders of the main
Clanes nómadas que me componen
Nomadic clans that make up me
Todavía no quiere aparecer
He still doesn't want to appear
No pararé hasta hacerlo aparecer
I won't stop until I make him appear
Es pie forzado para la salvación
It's a forced measure for salvation
Mi salvación, tu salvación
My salvation, your salvation
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