María Dolores Fernández Pradera, María Dolores Pradera (born August 29, 192… Read Full Bio ↴María Dolores Fernández Pradera, María Dolores Pradera (born August 29, 1924 in Madrid) is a Spanish melodic singer and actress, and one of the most prestigious voices in Spain and Latin America. She's also known as "María Dolores" or "La Pradera".

She started her career as an actress, working in the theatre and in some of the most famous Spanish movies from the 1940 decade.

During the 1950s, she started singing professionaly, eventually abandoning her career as an actress in the 1960s. Since then, she has recorded more than 35 albums.

As a singer, she is specialized in traditional Spanish and Latin American music: bolero, copla, ballad, ronda, vals, and folk music (Peruvian, Argentinian, Mexican, and Venezuelan). Her voice tone is clear and slightly low, and she has an extremely proper Spanish pronunciation. She typically sings with the only company of guitars, requintos, and drums.

She singed for close to 30 years with the same group, Los Gemelos, formed by two twin brothers, Santiago López Hernández and Julián López Hernández, until the death of Santiago in the early 1990s.

Lagrimas Negras
Maria Dolores Pradera Lyrics

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Maria Dolores Pradera con Cachao
Aunque tu
me has dejado en el abandono
aunque tu
has muerto mis ilusiones.

En vez de maldecirte
con justo enojo

en mis sueños te colmo
en mis sueños te colmo
de bendiciones.

Sufro la inmensa pena de tu extravio
siento el dolor profundo
de tu partida
y lloro sin que sepas
que el llanto mio
tiene lagrimas negras
tiene lagrimas negras
como mi vida.

Tu me quieres dejar
yo no me quiero ir
contigo me voy mi negro
aunque me cueste morir.

Ya no quiero llorar
ya no quiero sufrir
contigo me voy mi negro
aunque me cueste morir.

Sufro la inmensa pena de tu extravio
siento el dolor profundo
de tu partida
y lloro sin que sepas
que el llanto mio
tiene lagrimas negras
tiene lagrimas negras
como mi vida.

Tu me quieres dejar
yo no me quiero ir
contigo me voy mi negro
aunque me cueste morir.

Ya no quiero llorar
ya no quiero sufrir

contigo me voy mi negro
aunque me cueste morir.

Overall Meaning

The song Lágrimas negras by María Dolores Pradera is a heartfelt expression of grief and longing for a lost love. The lyrics describe the pain of being abandoned by someone you love and the difficulty of letting go. The opening lines express the singer's sadness and disappointment at being left behind, followed by a desire to forgive and bless the person who caused her so much pain.

As the song progresses, the singer admits to feeling lost and deeply saddened by her lover's departure. She expresses her grief by shedding "black tears" that represent the darkness in her life. Despite her pain, she says she would rather die than be apart from him. This sentiment is echoed in the chorus, where she repeats her willingness to follow him to the ends of the earth, even if it means sacrificing her own life.

Throughout the song, the singer's emotions are conveyed through the passionate delivery of the lyrics and the haunting melody. The combination of tender vocals and lush instrumentation creates a sense of longing and melancholy that captures the essence of lost love.

Overall, Lágrimas negras is a poignant and evocative song that speaks to the universal experience of heartbreak and the struggle to move on from a past love.

Line by Line Meaning

Aunque tu me has dejado en el abandono
Although you have abandoned me

aunque tu has muerto mis ilusiones.
although you have killed my dreams

En vez de maldecirte con justo enojo
Instead of cursing you with just anger

en mis sueños te colmo de bendiciones.
In my dreams, I bless you.

Sufro la inmensa pena de tu extravio
I suffer the immense pain of your loss.

siento el dolor profundo de tu partida
I feel the deep pain of your departure.

y lloro sin que sepas que el llanto mio tiene lagrimas negras tiene lagrimas negras como mi vida.
And I cry without you knowing that my tears are black, like my life.

Tu me quieres dejar yo no me quiero ir contigo me voy mi negro aunque me cueste morir.
You want to leave me, but I don't want to go. I'll go with you, my black, even if it costs me my life.

Ya no quiero llorar ya no quiero sufrir contigo me voy mi negro aunque me cueste morir.
I don't want to cry anymore, I don't want to suffer anymore. I'll go with you, my black, even if it costs me my life.

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