La Cumparsita
Nelly Omar Lyrics


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Si supieras
que aún dentro de mi alma
conservo aquel cariño que tuve para ti.
Quién sabe si supieras
que nunca te he olvidado
volviendo a tu pasado
te acordarás de mí.
Los amigos ya no vienen
ni siquiera a visitarme
nadie quiere consolarme
en mi aflicción.

Desde el día que te fuiste
siento angustias en mi pecho
decí mi vida ¿qué has hecho
de mi pobre corazón?

A mi cuarto abandonado
ya ni el sol de la mañana
asoma por la ventana
como cuando estabas vos.
Y aquel perrito compañero
que por tu ausencia no comía
al verme solo, el otro día, también me dejó

Quién sabe si supieras
que nunca te he olvidado




volviendo a tu pasado
te acordarás de mí.

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Nelly Omar's song La Cumparsita convey a sense of longing and heartbreak, centering on the themes of loss and nostalgia. The opening lines "Si supieras que aún dentro de mi alma conservo aquel cariño que tuve para ti" (If you only knew that within my soul, I still hold the affection I once had for you) speak to the unrequited love and lingering emotions that the singer still feels for a past lover. The song suggests that these feelings are not ones that she has been able to move on from, and she remains trapped in the past, unable to let go of the memory of the person she loved.


The second verse "Desde el día que te fuiste siento angustias en mi pecho decí mi vida ¿qué has hecho de mi pobre corazón?" (Since the day you left, I have felt agony in my chest. Tell me, my love, what have you done to my poor heart?) highlights the contrast between the singer's current state of misery and the happiness she once felt when the person she loved was with her. The chorus "Quién sabe si supieras, que nunca te he olvidado, volviendo a tu pasado te acordarás de mí" (Who knows if you knew that I have never forgotten you. If you were to return to the past, you would remember me) reinforces the idea that the singer's love is enduring, and even if the person she loved were to return, the memory of her and their relationship would remain.


The final verse "A mi cuarto abandonado, ya ni el sol de la mañana asoma por la ventana como cuando estabas vos" (In my abandoned room, even the morning sun no longer shines through the window as it did when you were here) is a metaphorical representation of the singer's loneliness and despair. The final line "Y aquel perrito compañero que por tu ausencia no comía al verme solo, el otro día, también me dejó" (And even the dog that used to be my companion and wouldn't eat in your absence, left me alone the other day) speaks to the magnitude of the singer's pain - she has lost not only the person she loves but the things that made her happy in their absence as well.


Line by Line Meaning

Si supieras
If you knew


que aún dentro de mi alma
that deep inside my soul


conservo aquel cariño que tuve para ti.
I still hold that love I had for you.


Quién sabe si supieras
Who knows if you knew


que nunca te he olvidado
that I have never forgotten you,


volviendo a tu pasado
going back to your past,


te acordarás de mí.
you'll remember me.


Los amigos ya no vienen
Friends don't come anymore,


ni siquiera a visitarme
not even to visit me,


nadie quiere consolarme
no one wants to comfort me


en mi aflicción.
in my distress.


Desde el día que te fuiste
Since the day you left,


siento angustias en mi pecho
I feel anguish in my chest,


decí mi vida ¿qué has hecho
tell me, my love, what have you done


de mi pobre corazón?
to my poor heart?


A mi cuarto abandonado
To my abandoned room,


ya ni el sol de la mañana
not even the morning sun,


asoma por la ventana
comes through the window,


como cuando estabas vos.
like when you were here.


Y aquel perrito compañero
And that loyal dog


que por tu ausencia no comía
that wouldn't eat because of your absence,


al verme solo, el otro día, también me dejó
when he saw me alone, the other day, he left me too.




Writer(s): Matos, Paul, Rodriquez

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