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.
Quisiera Amarte Menos
Maria Dolores Pradera Lyrics
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Relicario de mi juventud
Un cariño feliz yo soñaba
Y estoy sola con mi esclavitud
Quisiera amarte menos
No verte más quisiera
Salvarme de esta hoguera
Que no puedo resistir
Que no me da descanso
En ti la paz no alcanzo
Y lejos no sé vivir
Quisiera amarte menos
Porque esto ya no es vida
Mi vida está perdida
De tanto quererte
No sé si necesito
Tenerte o perderte
Yo sé que te he querido
Más de lo que he podido
Quisiera amarte menos
Buscando el olvido
Y en vez de amarte menos
Te quiero mucho más
Quisiera amarte menos
Porque esto ya no es vida
Mi vida está perdida
De tanto quererte
No sé si necesito
Tenerte o perderte
Yo sé que te he querido
Más de lo que he podido
Quisiera amarte menos
Buscando el olvido
Y en vez de amarte menos
Te quiero mucho más
The lyrics of María Dolores Pradera's song "Quisiera amarte menos" depict the internal struggle of a person who is trapped in a love that is both consuming and painful. The singer longs to love their significant other less, to the point of not seeing them anymore, in order to free themselves from the emotional turmoil they are experiencing. They describe this love as cruel and relentless, unable to find peace and not knowing how to live apart from it. The lyrics express a sense of despair and confusion, questioning whether they need to have the person in their life or if it would be better to let them go. Despite wanting to love them less, the singer admits that they actually love them more as they continue to seek solace in forgetting about their feelings.
Overall, the song explores the complex emotions that come with being in a deeply entangled and intense love. It portrays the internal conflict of wanting to break free from a love that is causing pain, while also acknowledging the inability to let go completely.
Line by Line Meaning
Primavera de mis veinte años
Youthful springtime of my twenties
Relicario de mi juventud
The keepsake of my youth
Un cariño feliz yo soñaba
I dreamed of a happy affection
Y estoy sola con mi esclavitud
And I am alone with my enslavement
Quisiera amarte menos
I wish I could love you less
No verte más quisiera
I wish I could no longer see you
Salvarme de esta hoguera
To save myself from this burning fire
Que no puedo resistir
That I cannot resist
Es cruel este cariño
This affection is cruel
Que no me da descanso
That does not give me rest
En ti la paz no alcanzo
I cannot find peace in you
Y lejos no sé vivir
And I don't know how to live apart
Quisiera amarte menos
I wish I could love you less
Porque esto ya no es vida
Because this is no longer a life
Mi vida está perdida
My life is lost
De tanto quererte
From loving you so much
No sé si necesito
I don't know if I need
Tenerte o perderte
To have you or lose you
Yo sé que te he querido
I know that I have loved you
Más de lo que he podido
More than I have been able to
Quisiera amarte menos
I wish I could love you less
Buscando el olvido
Searching for oblivion
Y en vez de amarte menos
And instead of loving you less
Te quiero mucho más
I love you even more
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: LUIS CESAR AMADORI FRANCISCO CANARO
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