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.

Un corazón
Luis Eduardo Aute Lyrics

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Dicen que todo se explica,
que el azar oculta un orden.
Nada se escapa a la regla
de la cordura del hombre.
Bajo la luz de la ciencia
ninguna sombra se esconde;
música y magia son mitos
que a la materia responden.

Tiene que existir,
aún tiene que latir,
amordazado por la razón,
un corazón.

Nada obedece al misterio
que configura a la noche.
No tiene peso el vacío
puesto que no tiene doble;
el sentimiento es un lujo
que agujera el soporte
de las respuestas cabales
a lo que no se conoce.

Ser un verbo sin sangre
de pensamientos conformes,
una cabeza en la masa
con apellidos y nombre.
Triste deber de la Historia
el de encontrar soluciones

acribillando latidos
para que suenen relojes.

Overall Meaning

In Luis Eduardo Aute's song "Un corazón," the lyrics explore the idea that everything has an explanation and that chance hides an order. The singer suggests that nothing escapes the rule of human sanity and logic. He introduces the idea that music and magic are myths that correspond to matter, and science can explain everything in the world without any hidden secrets. However, he contradicts himself in the chorus as he says that "Un Corazón" still has to exist and pulse. Despite being gagged by reason, it is still alive and beating.

The second verse of the song discusses the mystery that makes up the night and the void of the world. In particular, it touches upon the fact that the absence of something is lightweight since it has no double. The singer continues to say that emotions are a luxury that can pierce through the foundation of logical reasoning that humans depend upon; a reminder that there are things in life that science cannot explain. Although it is crucial to seek solutions to problems, the singer points out how sad it is that history's only solution is to destroy humanity's hearts to make them sound like clocks. Overall, the song is a reflection of the irrationality of existence and the need for emotions to help us make sense of the world.

Line by Line Meaning

Dicen que todo se explica,
They say everything can be explained,

que el azar oculta un orden.
that randomness conceals an order.

Nada se escapa a la regla
Nothing escapes the rule

de la cordura del hombre.
of human sanity.

Bajo la luz de la ciencia
Under the light of science

ninguna sombra se esconde;
no shadow hides;

música y magia son mitos
music and magic are myths

que a la materia responden.
that respond to matter.

Tiene que existir,
There has to be,

aún tiene que latir,
it still has to beat,

amordazado por la razón,
gagged by reason,