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.

T Recuerdo y Yo
Pedro Infante Lyrics

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Estoy en el rincón de una cantina
Oyendo una canción que yo pedí
Me están sirviendo ahorita mi tequila
Ya va mi pensamiento rumbo a ti

Yo sé que tu recuerdo es
Mi desgracia, y vengo aquí nomas a recordar
Que amarga son las cosas que nos pasan

Cuando una mujer que paga mal

Quien no sabe en esta vida la traición
Tan conocida que nos deja
Un mal amor

Quien no llega a la cantina
Exigiendo su tequila y exigiendo su canción
Me están sirviendo ya la del estribo
Ahorita ya no sé si tengo fe

Ahorita solamente
Ya les pido que toquen
Otra vez la que se fue

Quien no sabe en esta vida la traición
Tan conocida que nos deja
Un mal amor

Quien no llega a la cantina
Exigiendo su tequila y exigiendo
Su canción
Me están sirviendo ya la del estribo
Ahorita ya no se si tengo fe

Ahorita solamente

Ya les pido que toquen
Otra vez la que se fue

Overall Meaning

In Pedro Infante's song, "Tú Recuerdo y Yo," the singer introduces himself as being in a cantina, listening to a song of his own request while he sips on his tequila. As he drinks, his thoughts wander towards a woman whom he has presumably lost. He acknowledges that her memory is his downfall and that he comes to the cantina solely to reminisce about their time together. He laments how bitter things become when a woman treats him poorly, and he bemoans the inevitability of hurtful love in life. As the song progresses, he questions who hasn't experienced the familiar sting of betrayal in love, and he admits that his faith is now uncertain as he sips on another drink.

The song's lyrics build a vivid image of a man struggling with the aftermath of a failed relationship, mulling over his sorrow at a ponderous pace while indulging in alcohol. The singer's feelings are intense and raw, laying out a microcosm of the turmoil that comes after experiencing heartbreak. The cantina setting heightens the melancholy mood of the piece.

Line by Line Meaning

Estoy en el rincón de una cantina
I'm sitting in a corner of a bar

Oyendo una canción que yo pedí
Listening to a song that I requested

Me están sirviendo ahorita mi tequila
My tequila is being served right now

Ya va mi pensamiento rumbo a ti
My thoughts are already heading towards you

Yo sé que tu recuerdo es mi desgracia
I know that your memory is my misfortune

Y vengo aquí nomas a recordar
And I come here just to reminisce

Que amarga son las cosas que nos pasan
How bitter are the things that happen to us

Cuando una mujer que paga mal
When a woman treats us badly

Quien no sabe en esta vida la traición
Who doesn't know about betrayal in this life

Tan conocida que nos deja un mal amor
So well-known that it leaves us with a bad love

Quien no llega a la cantina
Who doesn't come to the bar