Captivating and moving audiences over the course of a 24-year, 14-album career, this fine-tuned Puerto Rican-based ensemble of virtuoso musicians has only gotten better with age, as evidenced by their four recent Grammy nominations and world-wide touring schedule.
Led by founder and bassist Gary Nuñez, Plena Libre is recognized for taking the once dormant, Puerto Rican plena style of music and reclaiming it for a new generation of listeners to enjoy. The group became instantly popular in Puerto Rico, with National Geographic crediting Plena Libre among other Puerto Rican acts in “spearheading the Latin invasion of American popular music. Plena Libre features three vocalists singing in captivating three and four-part harmonies which complement the group’s danceable, Afro-Rican compositions. The group’s use of call-and-response, percussion and polyrhythms keeps each show feeling groovy and fresh.
With an aggressive, tight, yet sensitive style, which balances the traditional with the contemporary, the global and the local, Plena Libre creates a brand of music and live performance that is both profoundly Puerto Rican and universally appealing. Filtering the sounds of various Afro-Caribbean forms like merengue and cumbia, and Afro-Cuban like mambo and yes, salsa if you ask nicely through a unique set of artistic sensibilities, this versatile collection of expert performers create a celebratory spectacle and engaging sonic ecstasy. Thrilling audiences around the world, from the Fez Festival (in Morocco) to the Playboy Jazz Festival, Plena Libre is a train that just keeps picking up steam as it charges ahead in unexpected and exciting directions.
Plena Libre Members
Gary Nuñez - Music Director, Bassist and Founder
Emanuel Santana - Singer/Hand Drums
Victor Velez - Singer/Hand Drums
Luisga Nuñez - Chorus/Percussion
Rafael Falu - Requinto
Luis rivera - Singer/Percussion
plena de amor
Plena Libre Lyrics
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Vengo a contarle una historia,
Vengo a dejar mis memorias
Todo el mundo lo sabia,
Lo que mi mente traia.
Un sentimiento de amor,
Sucede que hace unos dias,
Ese amor se derrumbo
Esa negrita te digo
Que todavia no sabe
Que mi amor se lo llevo
Y ahora quedo yo con mi dolor
Dentro de mi corazon.
Y ahora quedo yo con mi dolor
Dentro de mi corazon.
Sucede que hace unos dias,
Ese amor se derrumbo
Esa negrita-tan linda- te digo
Que todavia no sabe
Que mi amor se lo llevo.
Ay ahora quedo yo
Siempre con mi dolor
Dentro de mi corazon
Y ahora quedo yo con mi dolor
Dentro de mi corazon.
Pena de amor (cont)
(Coro)
Tengo una pena,
Tengo un dolor
Y eso me pasa por creer
En el amor, en el amor.
2rep
Juraste amarme 500 anos
Y ahora creo que todo
Fue para mi un engano.
(Coro)
1rep
Y en esta gran pena
Que siento yo
Tu la causate por jugar
Con nuestro amor
Con nuestro amor.
(Coro)
1rep
Te di mi vida y mi corazon
Y tu me pagaste con el desprecio
Y el engano, de tu amor
De tu amor de tu amor, tu traicion.
(Coro)
1rep
Pena de amor (cont)
Mi para parapa para
Para parapa para
Para parapa para
Plena de amor tengo yo.
6 rep
(Coro)
1 rep
Pero el Dr. me receto
Una vacuna pa aliviarme
De ese amor y de tu traicion.
(Coro)
1 rep
Un mensajito ella me envio
Que no quiere cuentas
Con el amor ni tampoco
Con mi corazon.
(Coro)
Tengo una pena
Tengo un dolor
Y eso me pasa
Por creer en el amor
En el amor.
Pena de amor tengo yo
Y eso es asi
Pena de amor tengo yo.
Si ya tu no me quieres
Pues me voy con plena libre
Plena de amor tengo yo.
Coro
1rep
Pena de amor (cont)
Cuando te veo me da un temblor
Tu acabaste con mi corazon, mi corazon.
Coro
1rep
Casa y comida te compre yo
Tu me dejaste sin un vellon
Pena de amor
Coro
2rep
Dime como me arranco
Del alma esta pena de amor
Esta pena de amor
Esta pena de amor.
(Pita)
"Plena De Amor" is a song by Plena Libre that tells the story of a person who comes to share their memories and the pain of a lost love. The song expresses the sentiment of a love that has been lost and how it has caused the person to feel pain within their heart. The lyrics describe how the love they had was suddenly shattered, leaving the person with only their memories and the sorrow of a love that once was. The song mentions how the person's love was taken away from them, leaving them to deal with the pain of a broken heart.
The chorus of the song repeats the phrase "Tengo una pena, tengo un dolor" (I have a pain, I have a sorrow) which emphasizes the emotional pain the person feels from the loss of their love. The song goes on to express the person's disappointment with their lover, who they believed had promised everlasting love, only to be deceived. The lyrics describe how the person gave their heart and soul to their lover, but in the end, they were betrayed and left with nothing but pain.
Overall, "Plena De Amor" is a powerful song that conveys the heartache of a lost love. The lyrics express the pain and sorrow that comes from being deceived by someone who once claimed to love you, and how it can leave you with a broken heart and a sense of emptiness.
Line by Line Meaning
Vengo a contarle una historia,
I am here to tell you a story,
Vengo a dejar mis memorias
I am leaving my memories behind
Todo el mundo lo sabia,
Everyone knew,
Lo que mi mente traia.
What was on my mind.
Un sentimiento de amor,
A feeling of love,
Que ahora cambia por dolor,
That now changes to pain,
que ahora cambia siempre por dolor
that always turns into pain.
Sucede que hace unos dias,
It happened a few days ago,
Ese amor se derrumbo
That love crumbled.
Esa negrita te digo
That little black girl, let me tell you,
Que todavia no sabe
Who still doesn't know,
Que mi amor se lo llevo
That my love is gone.
Y ahora quedo yo con mi dolor
And now I'm left with my pain
Dentro de mi corazon.
Deep inside my heart.
Ay ahora quedo yo
Now I am
Siempre con mi dolor
Always with my pain,
Y ahora quedo yo con mi dolor
And now I'm left with my pain
Dentro de mi corazon.
Deep inside my heart.
Tengo una pena,
I have a sorrow,
Tengo un dolor
I have a pain
Y eso me pasa por creer
And that's what happens for believing
En el amor, en el amor.
In love, in love.
Juraste amarme 500 anos
You swore to love me for 500 years
Y ahora creo que todo
And now I think that everything
Fue para mi un engano.
Was a deceit for me.
Y en esta gran pena
And in this great sorrow
Que siento yo
That I feel
Tu la causate por jugar
You caused it by playing
Con nuestro amor
With our love,
Te di mi vida y mi corazon
I gave you my life and my heart,
Y tu me pagaste con el desprecio
And you paid me with contempt,
Y el engano, de tu amor
And the deceit of your love,
De tu amor de tu amor, tu traicion.
Of your love, your betrayal.
Mi para parapa para
My
Para parapa para
Para parapa para
Plena de amor tengo yo.
I have a plena of love.
Pero el Dr. me receto
But the doctor prescribed
Una vacuna pa aliviarme
A vaccine to cure me
De ese amor y de tu traicion.
From that love and your betrayal.
Un mensajito ella me envio
She sent me a little message
Que no quiere cuentas
Saying she doesn't want to know
Con el amor ni tampoco
Anything about love
Con mi corazon.
Or my heart.
Pena de amor tengo yo
I have a sorrow of love
Y eso es asi
And that's how it is,
Si ya tu no me quieres
If you don't love me anymore
Pues me voy con plena libre
I'll go with Plena Libre
Plena de amor tengo yo.
I have a plena of love.
Cuando te veo me da un temblor
When I see you, I tremble,
Tu acabaste con mi corazon, mi corazon.
You destroyed my heart, my heart.
Casa y comida te compre yo
I bought you a house and food,
Tu me dejaste sin un vellon
But you left me with nothing,
Dime como me arranco
Tell me how to get rid
Del alma esta pena de amor
Of this sorrow of love,
Esta pena de amor
This sorrow of love
Esta pena de amor.
This sorrow of love.
(Pita)
Writer(s): Israel Velez
Contributed by Gabriel W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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