Starting in 1939 he appeared in more than 60 films, and since 1943 he recorded about 350 songs. Thanks to his performance in the movie "Tizoc", he was awarded the Silver Bear of the Berlin International Film Festival for Best Actor and the Golden Globe at Hollywood, for the Best Actor in a Leading Role, awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at Hollywood.
Pisa Pétalos
Pedro Infante Lyrics
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Caminarías en dinero
Si yo fuera torero
Un capote pisarías.
Más como no tengo nada
Para alfombrar tus pisadas
Que admiración por tus pies
Por el compás admirable
Con que se adorna tu andar.
Pisa pétalos había que cortar
Mil rosas que humildemente
Cayeran al esgrima de tus pies
Pisa pétalos reverencia
El jazminero al acercarse el
Salero de la gracia de tus pies.
Pisa Pétalos un tapete de
Violetas para que hagas
Mil piruetas con la gracia
De tu andar
Pisa pétalos es tu andar
Tan re bonito que mi corazon
Te diera para que pasaras tú
In Pedro Infante's song Pisa Pétalos, the singer expresses his admiration for a woman's graceful and elegant walk. He begins the song by imagining what he would do for her if he were a banker or a bullfighter, but since he has nothing to offer her in material things, he instead admires her feet and her walking style. He raises a toast to the "don aire" and the "compás admirable" with which she moves, admiring her as if she were royalty. He wishes he could offer her a red carpet instead of just his admiration.
The chorus of the song refers to the idea of "pisa pétalos," or stepping on petals. The singer suggests that he would like to cut a thousand roses for her so that she could walk on a carpet of petals, and that even the jasmines would bow down in reverence to the grace of her feet. He imagines her walking on a carpet of violets and doing a thousand pirouettes with the beauty of her walk. He is so enchanted by her that he wishes he could give her his heart for her to walk on.
Line by Line Meaning
Si yo fuera banquero
If I were a banker
Caminarías en dinero
You would walk on money
Si yo fuera torero
If I were a bullfighter
Un capote pisarías.
You would step on a cape.
Más como no tengo nada
But since I have nothing
Para alfombrar tus pisadas
To carpet your steps
Que admiración por tus pies
I admire your feet
Brindo aquí por el don aire
I toast to the gift of air
Por el compás admirable
For the admirable rhythm
Con que se adorna tu andar.
That adorns your walking.
Pisa pétalos había que cortar
Petal-stomping needs to be cut
Mil rosas que humildemente
A thousand roses that humbly
Cayeran al esgrima de tus pies
Fall at the fencing of your feet
Pisa pétalos reverencia
Petal-stomping reverence
El jazminero al acercarse el
The jasmine bush when it approaches
Salero de la gracia de tus pies.
Salt shaker of the grace of your feet.
Pisa Pétalos un tapete de
Petal-stomping on a carpet of
Violetas para que hagas
Violets for you to make
Mil piruetas con la gracia
A thousand pirouettes with the grace
De tu andar
Of your walking.
Pisa pétalos es tu andar
Petal-stomping is your walking
Tan re bonito que mi corazon
So beautiful that my heart
Te diera para que pasaras tú
Would give you to pass over.
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