Miguel Aceves Mejía (November 15, 1915 – November 6, 2006) was a Mexican ac… Read Full Bio ↴Miguel Aceves Mejía (November 15, 1915 – November 6, 2006) was a Mexican actor, composer, and singer.

Miguel Aceves Mejía, or "the King of the falsetto" as he was popularly known, was born in Ciudad Juárez in the state of Chihuahua. He became a popular Mexican film star during its golden age and was widely regarded for his interpretations of various Mexican musical folkloric genres, particularly the ranchera.

Originally part of a traveling theater company, Aceves Mejía began recording for the first time in 1938 with the trio Los Porteños. At the beginning of his career he interpreted mainly boleros, tangos, and Afro-Cuban rhythms. During his career he recorded more than 1000 songs on 90 discs and starred in over 60 films.

Among his greatest hits are La Barca de Guaymas, El Pastor, La del Rebozo Blanco, Se Me Hizo Fácil, Yo Tenía un Chorro de Voz, Vaya con Dios, La Malagueña Salerosa, El Jinete, El Crucifijo de Piedra and Cuatro Caminos. He was noted for composing such songs as El Pescado Nadador and O, Gran Dios, even though his forté was primarily as a singer in his own right.

In 1945 he began dedicating himself solely to singing and, following the deaths of Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete, ventured into the world of cinema.

In 1959 he appeared in Amor se dice cantando.

He died just a few days short of his 91st birthday on November 6, 2006 in Mexico City. As is tradition in Mexico, his body lay in state in the Palacio de las Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts) in Mexico City. This honour is reserved for only the greatest Mexican singers, writers, composers, sculptors and painters.

Cuando el Destino
Miguel Aceves Mejía Lyrics

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No vengo a pedirte amores
ya no quiero tu cariño
si una vez te amé en la vida
no lo vuelvas a decir

Me contaron tus amigos
que te encuentras muy solita
que maldices a tu suerte

porque piensas mucho en mi

Es por eso que he venido
a reírme de tu pena
yo que a Dios le había pedido
que te hundiera más que a mi

Dios me ha dado ese capricho
y he venido a verte hundida
para hacerte yo en la vida
lo que tú me hiciste a mi

Ya lo ves como el destino
todo cobra y nada olvida
ya lo ves como un cariño
nos arrastra y nos humilla

Qué bonita es la venganza
cuando Dios nos la concede
yo sabía que en la revancha
te tenía que hacer perder

Ahí te dejo mi desprecio
yo que tanto te adoraba
pa' que veas cual es el precio
de las leyes del querer

Ya lo ves como el destino
todo cobra y nada olvida
ya lo ves como un cariño
nos arrastra y nos humilla

Qué bonita es la venganza
cuando Dios nos la concede
yo sabía que en la revancha
te tenía que hacer perder

Ahí te dejo mi desprecio
yo que tanto te adoraba

pa' que veas cual es el precio
de las leyes del querer

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Miguel Aceves Mejia's song "Cuando el Destino" tell the story of a man who comes to confront a former lover who abandoned him. He begins by stating that he is not there to ask for love nor to seek her affection again, as he had loved her once before in the past, but he does not want to hear it again. Instead, he arrives to laugh at her sorrow and misery, as he had heard from her friends that she was feeling lonely and thinking about him. He takes pleasure in seeing her suffer and considers it as payback for what she did to him.

The man boasts that God had granted his wish to see her suffer as he had suffered before. He enjoys seeing her down and out and plans to make her experience what he went through. He wants her to realize the pain of the laws of love and understand the true cost of it. As the chorus repeats, destiny is unforgiving and everything comes back in a circle. The desire for revenge is gratifying when the Almighty permits it. The song reveals the toxicity of revenge and the power dynamics of love relationships.

Line by Line Meaning

No vengo a pedirte amores
I am not here to ask for your love

ya no quiero tu cariño
I no longer want your affection

si una vez te amé en la vida
if I loved you once in life

no lo vuelvas a decir
don't say it again

Me contaron tus amigos
Your friends told me

que te encuentras muy solita
that you are very lonely

que maldices a tu suerte
that you curse your luck

porque piensas mucho en mi
because you think of me a lot

Es por eso que he venido
That's why I have come

a reírme de tu pena
to laugh at your sorrow

yo que a Dios le había pedido
I, who had asked God