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.

Yo Pertenezco
Luis Eduardo Aute Lyrics

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Yo pertenezco a la tierra
y al agua que a la semilla alimenta,
yo pertenezco a aquel niño
que alguna vez murió.

Yo pertenezco a esa vida
que con esperanzas no se resigna,
yo pertenezco al lamento

que un pan no silenció.

Yo pertenezco a la angustia
de yugos que aprietan por dentro,
yo pertenezco a la furia
causada por muros de miedo.

Yo pertenezco a la brisa
y al viento que nunca se inmoviliza,
yo pertenezco al recuerdo
de aquel que se marchó.

Yo pertenezco a la hierba
que crece a través de rocas y piedras,
yo pertenezco a esa gente
que alguno traicionó.

Yo pertenezco a los frutos
de un árbol expuesto a secarse,
yo pertenezco al futuro
y al cosmos que fluye en la sangre.

Yo pertenezco a la tierra

y al agua que la semilla alimenta,
yo pertenezco a aquel niño que alguna vez murió.

Overall Meaning

In Luis Eduardo Aute's song Yo Pertenezco, the singer reflects on his place in the world and the various aspects that define him. He begins the song by stating that he belongs to the earth and the water that feeds the seed, acknowledging his connection to nature and the cycle of life. The singer then speaks of a child who once died, implying a sense of loss, perhaps of innocence or a more literal death, and how he belongs to that child.

He continues to express his belonging to life, one that refuses to give up hope, and to the lament of those who have not been silenced by a bit of bread. Aute sings of the anguish he has felt from the oppression of external and internal struggles and the anger that arises from walls of fear. He also recognizes his connection to the breeze and the wind that never stop moving.

The singer then speaks to his connection to the memories of those who have departed and the people and things that they have left behind. He acknowledges his belonging to the resilience of nature, the grass that grows through rocks and stones, and to those who have been betrayed by others. Lastly, Aute mentions his belonging to the fruits of a tree that has been exposed to drying out, the future, and the cosmos that flows through his blood. Altogether, the song captures Aute's deep introspection on what makes him who he is and how he is connected to the world around him.

Line by Line Meaning

Yo pertenezco a la tierra
I belong to the earth

y al agua que a la semilla alimenta,
and the water that nourishes the seed

yo pertenezco a aquel niño
I belong to that child

que alguna vez murió.
who died once

Yo pertenezco a esa vida
I belong to that life

que con esperanzas no se resigna,
that does not resign itself to hopelessness

yo pertenezco al lamento
I belong to the lament

que un pan no silenció.
that was not silenced by bread

Yo pertenezco a la angustia
I belong to the anguish

de yugos que aprietan por dentro,
of yokes that tighten from within

yo pertenezco a la furia
I belong to the fury