José Pedro Infante Cruz, better known as Pedro Infante, is perhaps the most… Read Full Bio ↴José Pedro Infante Cruz, better known as Pedro Infante, is perhaps the most famous actor and singer of the Golden Age of Mexican cinema and idol of the Mexican people, together with Jorge Negrete or singers like Javier Solís. He was born on November 18, 1917 at Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. He was raised as a child in Guamúchil. He died on April 15, 1957 at Mérida, Yucatán, during a flight that he piloted himself to Mexico City.

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.

Sobre Las Olas
Pedro Infante Lyrics

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En la inmensidad
De las olas flotando te vi
Y al irte a salvar
Por tu vida la vida perdí

Tu dulce visión
En mi alma indeleble grabo
La tierna pasión

Que la dicha y la paz me robo

Si dentro de mi dolor
Tu refugio llegara a turbar
Te seguiré con amor
Note niegues mujer a escuchar

El viento te llevara
Los gemidos de mi corazon
Y siempre repetirá
Los acentos de mi canción

La tempestad en su furia del mar
Y del relámpago en duro fragor
Solo podrán débilmente escuchar
La tempestad que hay aquí con tu amor

Por doquiera que voy
Tu recuerdo es mi guía
En la noche es mi fe
Pues mi sol en el día

Mi suspiro es mi ideal
O mi acerbo dolor
Mi doliente quebranto
Es por ti por tu amor

Con mi gemido
Te envió el corazon
Y en mis ojos
Te mando mi ser

Mas no
No quiero de ti compasión
Yo quiero amor
O por el perecer

En la inmensidad
De las olas flotando te vi
Y al irte a salvar
Por tu vida la vida perdí

Tu dulce visión
En mi alma indeleble grabo

La tierna pasión
Que la dicha y la paz me robó

Overall Meaning

The song "Sobre las Olas" by Pedro Infante is a tragic ballad in which the singer remembers the one he loved who dies saving him from drowning in the ocean. The first verse describes how the singer saw the person he loved floating among the waves but also how he tragically lost his own life in trying to save hers. The chorus reiterates how their time together has left an indelible stamp on the singer's soul, both the happiness and the pain of the relationship.

The second verse contains a plea to the person who passed away that in moments of struggle, he will continue to follow her memory and gives her permission to hear his feelings if they disturb her. He sends his love across the winds and with his final breaths, he entrusts his heart and being to her. The song ends with a repetition of the opening verse and chorus as the lasting impression that this love story has had on the singer.

Line by Line Meaning

En la inmensidad
Out in the vastness of the sea, I spotted you floating

De las olas flotando te vi
I saw you floating on the waves

Y al irte a salvar
And when I went to save you

Por tu vida la vida perdí
I lost my own life in the attempt to save yours

Tu dulce visión
Your sweet image

En mi alma indeleble grabo
Has been etched in my soul forever

La tierna pasión
The tender passion

Que la dicha y la paz me robo
That robbed me of my happiness and peace

Si dentro de mi dolor
If, amid my sorrow

Tu refugio llegara a turbar
Your refuge happens to disturb me

Te seguiré con amor
I will still follow you with love