Cancion Mixteca
Pedro Vargas Lyrics


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Que lejos estoy del suelo.
Donde he nacido.
Inmensa nostalgia invade.
Mi pensamiento.
Y al verme tan solo y triste.
Cual hoja al viento.
Quisiera llorar.
Quisiera morir de sentimento.! Oh! tierra del sol.
Suspiro por verte.




Ahora que lejos.
Yo vivo sin luz, sin amor...

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Pedro Vargas's song Canción Mixteca are heart-wrenching and evoke deep emotions of longing and nostalgia. The song refers to the immense distance between the singer and his birthplace, making him feel lonely and sad. The opening lines, "Que lejos estoy del suelo, donde he nacido" (How distant I am from the ground, where I was born), express the deep melancholic state the singer is in. The use of the word 'suelo' (ground) instead of 'casa' (house) conveys the singer's separation from the land and the earth, which he associates with his identity.


As the song progresses, the emotions become more intense, and the singer says that his mind is filled with immense nostalgia. The next lines, "Y al verme tan solo y triste, cual hoja al viento" (And seeing myself so alone and sad, like a leaf in the wind), is a metaphor that represents the singer's soul as vulnerable and weak, like a leaf. The final lines express the depth of his longing, "Quisiera llorar, quisiera morir de sentimento" (I want to cry, I want to die of the feeling), reminding us of the profound connection between birthplace and identity.


Overall, Pedro Vargas's Canción Mixteca is a powerful expression of homesickness and the deep sentiment of being separated from the land that one calls home. It is a song that holds multiple meanings for those who have experienced or are experiencing the feeling of being away from their place of origin.


Line by Line Meaning

Que lejos estoy del suelo.
I am far away from the land where I was born.


Donde he nacido.
The place where my life began.


Inmensa nostalgia invade.
I feel a great longing deep inside me.


Mi pensamiento.
My thoughts are consumed by this feeling of nostalgia.


Y al verme tan solo y triste.
As I find myself alone and sad.


Cual hoja al viento.
Like a leaf blowing in the wind.


Quisiera llorar.
I wish to cry.


Quisiera morir de sentimento.! Oh! tierra del sol.
I wish to die from this overwhelming feeling! Oh land of the sun.


Suspiro por verte.
I long to see you again.


Ahora que lejos.
Now that I am so far away.


Yo vivo sin luz, sin amor...
I am living without light, without love...




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