Estrellita
Mariachi Los Camperos Lyrics

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Estrellita del lejano cielo
Que miras mi dolor
Que sabes mi sufrir

Baja y dime
Si me quiere un poco
Porque ya no puedo
Sin su amor vivir

Tú eres estrella
Mi faro de amor
Tú sabes que pronto
He de morir

Baja y dime
Si me quiere un poco
Porque yo no puedo
Sin su amor vivir

Tú eres estrella
Mi faro de amor
Tú sabes que pronto
He de morir

Baja y dime
Si me quiere un poco

Porque yo no puedo
Sin su amor vivir

Overall Meaning

In Mariachi Los Camperos's song Estrellita, the singer calls out to a faraway star, addressing it as "Estrellita del lejano cielo." The singer tells the star that it sees and understands their pain and suffering, and implores it to come down and tell the singer if the person they love, presumably a romantic partner, loves them in return. The singer emphasizes the importance of this love, saying that they cannot live without it, and that the person they love is their "faro de amor," or guiding star. The singer even goes so far as to say that they will soon die if they cannot be with their beloved, which heightens the urgency and intensity of the emotion in the song.

Line by Line Meaning

Estrellita del lejano cielo
O distant star in the sky

Que miras mi dolor
That sees my pain

Que sabes mi sufrir
That knows my suffering

Baja y dime
Come down and tell me

Si me quiere un poco
If she loves me a little

Porque ya no puedo
Because I cannot

Sin su amor vivir
Live without her love

Tú eres estrella
You are the star

Mi faro de amor
My beacon of love

Tú sabes que pronto
You know that soon

He de morir
I will die