Nube Viajera
Nelson Henriquez Lyrics

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NUBE VIAJERA
(Nelson Henriquez)
Nube viajera que te vas llorando
Bañando con llovizna la pradera (Bis)
Así tendré que irme yo algún día
Derramando entre la hierba
Lagrimas del alma mía. (Bis)
-O-

Como se lleva la brisa mis besos
Y como se ha llevado mis suspiros (Bis)
Si se llevara las brisas mis penas
No moriría yo de pena
No moriría yo de pena. (Bis)
Ahora cuando la quiero no me quiere
Porque ella dice que nunca la quise. (Bis)
Si se llevara las brisas mis penas
No moriría yo de pena
No moriría yo de pena (Bis)
-O-
Ahora cuando la quiero no me quiere
Porque ella dice que nunca la quise. (Bis)
Si se llevara las brisas mis penas

No moriría yo de pena
No moriría yo de pena (Bis)

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Nelson Henriquez’s “Nube Viajera” speak to the universal experience of heartbreak and loss. The song sets a melancholy tone, as it begins by focusing on a traveling cloud that is crying and watering the meadow with rain. This image of the cloud symbolizing departure and sadness sets the stage for the singer to express his own feelings of leaving and loss. As the song progresses, the singer laments that just as the breezes carry his kisses and sighs away, he wishes that they could carry his pain as well, so he would not die of sorrow.

The final notes of the song reference the singer's unrequited love for someone who does not love him back. He wishes that she could feel his pain and see that he loved her after all. By intertwining the images of loss and love, the song conveys deep emotion to its audience. The use of nature’s elements, such as the cloud and the breeze, provides a natural and relatable image for the audience to mentally connect with, and ultimately, lends itself to the understanding of complex human emotion and solidarity in suffering as a part of the human condition.

Line by Line Meaning

Nube viajera que te vas llorando
Departing rainy cloud crying around, sprinkling the meadow.

Bañando con llovizna la pradera (Bis)
Bathing the meadow with drizzle.

Así tendré que irme yo algún día
That's how I'll have to leave someday.

Derramando entre la hierba
Pouring out among the grass.

Lagrimas del alma mía. (Bis)
My soul's tears.

Como se lleva la brisa mis besos
As the breeze carries away my kisses.

Y como se ha llevado mis suspiros (Bis)
And as it has taken away my sighs.

Si se llevara las brisas mis penas
If the winds took my sorrows away.

No moriría yo de pena
I wouldn't die of sorrow.

Ahora cuando la quiero no me quiere
Now when I love her, she doesn't love me.

Porque ella dice que nunca la quise. (Bis)
Because she says I never loved her.