Que pasa mi cuate
Pedro Infante Lyrics


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Que pasa, mi cuate
¿Por qué pues te afliges?
Mujeres hay muchas
¿Pa' qué padecer?

Que sirvan las copas
Y tú no te fijes
En los malos ratos
Que deja el querer

Tantito se gana
Tantito se pierde
Pero qué caramba
No es para llorar

Me plantan ahora
Pero está muy verde
Que a luego me vuelvan
De nuevo a plantar

Mi esperanza está perdida
Y llevo la herida abierta
Para qué quiero la vida
Si el alma la tengo muerta

Si no soy feliz, ni modo
Hay que aguantar la parada
Me viene muy ancho todo
Porque no me importa nada

De veras mi cuate
Mi amor es profundo
Y como no puedo
Lograr su querer

Me importa un comino
La vida y el gusto
Que sirvan las otras
Yo quiero beber

Yo soy testarudo
Me muero en la raya
Pero hoy yo no ruego
Como los demás

Si quiere la ingrata
Pos ya que se vaya
¿Qué importa uno menos?
¿Qué importa uno más?

Mi esperanza está perdida
Y llevo la herida abierta
¿Para qué quiero la vida
Si el alma la tengo muerta?

Si no soy feliz, ni modo
Hay que aguantar la parada




Me viene muy ancho todo
Porque no me importa nada

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Pedro Infante's song, Qué Pasa Mi Cuate, convey the emotions of heartbreak and the frustrations that come with unrequited love. The song starts with the singer asking his friend what's going on and why he's so distressed because there are plenty of women out there, and there's no need to suffer. The singer proposes that they drink and forget about their relationship troubles, as they are just part of life's ups and downs.


However, as the song progresses, the singer reveals that he's the one who is truly heartbroken. He is struggling to cope with the fact that the woman he loves does not reciprocate his feelings. He acknowledges that he is stubborn and that he would rather die alone than beg for her love. The pain of unrequited love has left him feeling hopeless, and he questions the value of life when his soul is dead.


The song's message is one of resilience and acceptance. The singer acknowledges that heartbreak is a part of life and that he must learn to live with it. The lyrics are a reminder that even when things are tough, it's important to keep going and strive to find happiness in the small things.


Line by Line Meaning

Que pasa, mi cuate
What's up, my friend


¿Por qué pues te afliges?
Why are you worrying?


Mujeres hay muchas
There are many women


¿Pa' qué padecer?
Why suffer?


Que sirvan las copas
Let the drinks be served


Y tú no te fijes
And you don't pay attention


En los malos ratos
To the bad times


Que deja el querer
Love leaves behind


Tantito se gana
Sometimes you win a little


Tantito se pierde
Sometimes you lose a little


Pero qué caramba
But what the hell


No es para llorar
It's not worth crying over


Me plantan ahora
They're rejecting me now


Pero está muy verde
But it's still too early


Que a luego me vuelvan
They may choose me later


De nuevo a plantar
To plant me again


Mi esperanza está perdida
My hope is lost


Y llevo la herida abierta
And I carry the wound open


Para qué quiero la vida
What do I want life for


Si el alma la tengo muerta
If my soul is dead


Si no soy feliz, ni modo
If I'm not happy, that's just how it is


Hay que aguantar la parada
I have to endure it


Me viene muy ancho todo
Everything is too big for me


Porque no me importa nada
Because I don't care about anything


De veras mi cuate
Really, my friend


Mi amor es profundo
My love is deep


Y como no puedo
And since I can't


Lograr su querer
Win her love


Me importa un comino
I don't care at all


La vida y el gusto
About life and pleasure


Que sirvan las otras
Let the others be served


Yo quiero beber
I want to drink


Yo soy testarudo
I'm stubborn


Me muero en la raya
I'll die on the line


Pero hoy yo no ruego
But today I won't beg


Como los demás
Like others do


Si quiere la ingrata
If the ungrateful one wants


Pos ya que se vaya
Then let her go


¿Qué importa uno menos?
What difference does one less make?


¿Qué importa uno más?
What difference does one more make?




Lyrics © Peermusic Publishing
Written by: Antonio Zorrilla, Javier Ruiz Rueda

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