Los Paraguayos is a music group consisting of musicians from Paraguay. Sinc… Read Full Bio ↴Los Paraguayos is a music group consisting of musicians from Paraguay. Since its foundation in the 1950's, the group has featured many singers and musicians, playing guitars, bongo drums and a Paraguayan harp, including Luis Alberto del Paraná and Carlos Espinoza. The group performs many South American and Mexican tunes and songs, including classics, such as Guantanamera, La Malagueña, El Condor Pasa and La Bamba. Having had many changes in their line-up, the group has retained its popularity, selling many albums and appearing at many concerts throughout the world.

It is believed Los Paraguayos were discovered by David Attenborough in the early fifties when he was looking for the illusive armadillo during his 'Zoo Quest' programmes.

Perfidia
Los Paraguayos Lyrics

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Mujer...
Si puedes tú con Dios hablar,
Pregúntale si yo alguna vez
Te he dejado de adorar.

Y el mar,
Espejo de mi corazón,
Las veces que me ha visto llorar

La perfidia de tu amor.

He buscado por doquiera que yo voy
Y no te puedo hallar,
Para qué quiero tus besos
Si tus labios no me quieren ya besar.

Y tú,
¿Quién sabe por donde andarás?
¿Quién sabe que aventura tendrás?
Que lejos que estas de mí.

He buscado por doquiera que yo voy
Y no te puedo hallar,
Para qué quiero tus besos
Si tus labios no me quieren ya besar.

Y tú,
¿Quién sabe por dónde andarás?
¿Quien sabe que aventura tendrás?

Que lejos que estas de mí,
De mí.

Overall Meaning

Perfidia by Los Paraguayos is a classic romantic ballad about unrequited love, heartbreak, and betrayal. The song is about a man who is deeply in love with a woman who has betrayed him with her perfidious actions. The woman has left him heartbroken and he cannot seem to forget her, even though he has searched for her everywhere. He wonders where she is and what she is doing, while he is drowning in his own tears, lamenting the perfidy of her love.

The song starts with the man asking the woman to inquire of God, whether he has loved her any less or ever stopped loving her. He then looks at the sea - the mirror of his heart, where he has cried many a time over the perfidious love of the woman. He is tormented by his feelings for her, unable to let go of the love that he has for her despite her treacherous ways.

In the end, he is left wondering where she will be and what adventures she will take, while he remains alone and heartbroken. The repetition of the phrase 'Para qué quiero tus besos, si tus labios no me quieren ya besar' (What use are your kisses, if your lips no longer wish to kiss me) accentuates the central theme of unrequited love and heartbreak.

Line by Line Meaning

Mujer...
Addressing a woman

Si puedes tú con Dios hablar,
If you have the ability to speak with God

Pregúntale si yo alguna vez
Ask Him if there was ever a time

Te he dejado de adorar.
I stopped loving you.

Y el mar,
The sea,

Espejo de mi corazón,
Reflecting my heart,

Las veces que me ha visto llorar
Has seen me cry several times

La perfidia de tu amor.
Because of your treachery in love.

He buscado por doquiera que yo voy
I searched everywhere I went

Y no te puedo hallar,
But I could not find you.

Para qué quiero tus besos
What's the point of your kisses