Performer of a music style known as Canto Nuevo or Nueva Trova, Luis Eduard… Read Full Bio ↴Performer of a music style known as Canto Nuevo or Nueva Trova, Luis Eduardo Aute has been an artist in many different ways. It was in 1954 when Aute moved to Spain, after spending his childhood in the Philippines. Deciding to become an artist, Luis Eduardo Aute's first passion was painting, having his first exhibition in 1960, while living in Madrid. By the mid-'60s, the painter and poet was convinced to start recording his own music and he signed up to RCA in 1966. The following year, Aleluya and Rosas En El Mar were released. Prominent books such as Las Matematicas del Espejo, La Liturgia del Desorden, and Animal were published in recognition to his writing skills. After releasing Alevosía in 1995, Aute started touring all over Latin America and Spain with a painting exhibition called Ad Libidum; he later participated in a collective album called Un Secreto A Voces, based on lyrics by Alejandro Filio.

Angelus
Luis Eduardo Aute Lyrics

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Desciendan de la Gloria
legiones de arcángeles armados
de cólera divina fieramente resueltos
a expulsarnos del Paraíso.
Traspasen sus espadas de fuego
nuestra sed de Conocimiento,
fruto creado para la profanación
del mandato de quien los envía.

Desaten sus iras, alados ejércitos
sin sexo ni cerebro, cobardes
hermanos de quien osó,
Luzbel,
imitando al Creador, ser
humano.
Angelus, Angelus...

Ataquen inmaculadamente atacados
por la envidia de no estar hechos
a imagen y semejanza del Amo
como tú,
hembra dulce de víboras manzanas,
como yo, tu fiel esclavo.
Angelus, Angelus...

Qué si por castigo, compañera
de pecado, debo amarte
con sangre y con dolor,
hágase su Voluntad
que aquí en la tierra como en el cielo,
de nuevo profanaremos
el arcano de nuestra culpa carnívora
sacralizando la humana pasión
en las cloacas más infectas

del destierro
Angelus, Angelus...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Luis Eduardo Aute's song Angelus convey a message of defiance towards an authoritarian and controlling figure, namely God. The first verse describes legions of angels armed with divine anger, aimed at expelling the humans from paradise. The humans' desire for knowledge, which was created for their own profanation, is no match for the fiery swords of the angels. The second verse highlights the envy of the angels towards the humans, who were made in the image and likeness of God. The singer, along with his female companion, are described as sinners who willfully profane their own guilt and passion, regardless of punishment.

The song challenges the concept of original sin and the idea that humans are inherently flawed and sinful beings. The singer rejects the idea that their desires are evil and instead embraces them as a natural part of the human experience. The angels, who are supposed to represent goodness and virtue, are shown as violent and unthinking creatures who blindly follow orders without questioning their morality. The chorus of the song, "Angelus, Angelus" serves as a reminder of this contrast between the angelic facade and their true nature.

Overall, the song Angelus is a commentary on the human condition and the role of religion in shaping our understanding of ourselves and the world around us. It encourages listeners to question authority and embrace the often conflicting aspects of their own personalities and desires.

Line by Line Meaning

Desciendan de la Gloria
Let the legions of armed archangels descend from Heaven

legiones de arcángeles armados
the armies of armed archangels

de cólera divina fieramente resueltos
fervently resolved with divine wrath

a expulsarnos del Paraíso.
to expel us from Paradise

Traspasen sus espadas de fuego
Pierce our thirst for knowledge with swords of fire

nuestra sed de Conocimiento,
our thirst for knowledge

fruto creado para la profanación
a fruit created for profanation

del mandato de quien los envía.
of the mandate of those who send them

Desaten sus iras, alados ejércitos
Set loose your wrath, winged armies

sin sexo ni cerebro, cobardes
without sex or brain, cowards

hermanos de quien osó,
brothers of the one who dared