He… Read Full Bio ↴Ramón Orlando Valoy is a merengue musician and son of Cuco Valoy.
He was born in Manoguayabo, then part of Santo Domingo, D.N. (the capital city) and now part of Santo Domingo Province. He studied music at National Conservatory of Music in the Dominican Republic.
In the 70s, after his father left Los Compadres Guitar quartet, he formed his first group, Los Virtuosos, with his father as the lead singer. His father kept the group and renamed it as Cuco Valoy y Orquesta (Cuco Valoy and his Orchestra) where he hired singers Peter Cruz and Henry Garcia. Ramon Orlando went to form another group. Years later, Cuco Valoy group disintegrated and he moved to Colombia due to his political differences with then Dominican president Joaquin Balaguer. Ramon Orlando then went onto a more ambitious project. He and then famous merengue singers Peter Cruz and Henry Garcia formed La Orquesta Internacional (The International Orchestra), where he was supposed to be the composer and director whereas Cruz and Garcia were to be the singers. However, of the first ten single production, Ramon Orlando wanted to sing four of them himself, which caused the group to split. Peter Cruz and Henry Garcia formed their own groups which didn't last long. Ramon Orlando quickly hired a couple of boys with similar voice tones to Cruz' and Garcia's to interpret the songs already on the radio.
He was a nominee in the Latin Grammy Awards of 2005.
Ni Te Vas Ni Me Dejas
Ramon Orlando Lyrics
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De Gitana (de gitana)
Tu tienes alma de gitana
Y como la mañana, entra y sales sin llamar
Regresas siempre que tropiezas, y no haces promesas
Ni Me Dejas ni te vas
Tienes Alma (tienes alma)
De Gitana (de gitana)
Víctima de tu rodar
Tu no estas lejos ni estas cerca, Paloma que vuelas
Ni Me Dejas ni te vas
Tienes Alma (tienes alma)
De Gitana (de gitana)
Tienes Alma (tienes alma)
De Gitana (de gitana)
Tu tienes alma de gitana
Y como la mañana, entra y sales sin llamar
Regresas siempre que tropiezas, y no haces promesas
Ni Me Dejas ni te vas
Tienes alma (tienes alma)
De gitana (de gitana)
Ni Te Vas (ni te vas)
Ni Me Dejas (ni me dejas)
Y Te marchas cuando creo que me quieres
Y Te siento más cerca
Ni Te Vas (ni te vas)
Ni Me Dejas (ni me dejas)
Y rodando tu vas sobre mi vida, dejando tus huellas
Ni Te Vas (ni te vas)
Ni Me Dejas (ni me dejas)
Y Te marchas cuando creo que me quieres
Y Te siento más cerca
Ni Te Vas (ni te vas)
Ni Me Dejas ni me dejas)
Y rodando tu vas sobre mi vida, dejando tus huellas
Ni Te Vas
Ni Te Vas (ni te vas)
Ni Me Dejas (ni me dejas)
Y Te marchas cuando creo que me quieres
Y Te siento más cerca
Ni Te Vas (ni te vas)
Ni Me Dejas (ni me dejas)
Y rodando tu vas sobre mi vida, dejando tus huellas
Ni Te Vas! (ni te vas)
Ni Me Dejas (ni me dejas)
Y Te marchas cuando creo que me quieres
Y Te siento más cerca
Ni Te Vas (ni te vas)
Ni Me Dejas (ni me dejas)
Y rodando tu vas sobre mi vida, dejando tus huellas
Ni Te Vas.
The song "Ni Te Vas Ni Me Dejas" by Ramón Orlando is a heart-wrenching ballad about a woman who is as unpredictable and free-spirited as a gypsy. The opening lines "Tienes Alma (tienes alma) De Gitana (de gitana)" tell us that the woman the singer is addressing has the soul of a gypsy. Her free-spirited nature is reflected in the way she comes and goes without warning, and she returns only when she needs help. The woman's behavior is hard for the singer to understand because she makes no promises and neither leaves nor stays.
The singer's frustration is palpable as he repeats the lines "Ni Te Vas ni me dejas" throughout the song. These lines mean "You neither leave me nor let me go," and they convey the singer's sense of being stuck in a limbo where he cannot move forward or backward in his relationship with this woman. The singer's need for this woman is evident in lines like "Y Te siento más cerca" (And I feel you closer) and "Víctima de tu rodar" (Victim of your rolling).
The repetition of lines in the song conveys the helplessness and confusion the singer feels, trapped in a cycle of being drawn to this woman who keeps slipping away, leaving her mark on him as she goes. Overall, the song is about the pull between two people who are unable to make a definitive decision about their relationship, a situation that is frustrating and ultimately tragic.
Line by Line Meaning
Tienes Alma (tienes alma)
You have a soul (you have a soul)
De Gitana (de gitana)
Of a gypsy (of a gypsy)
Tu tienes alma de gitana
You have a gypsy soul
Y como la mañana, entra y sales sin llamar
And like the morning, you come and go without warning
Regresas siempre que tropiezas, y no haces promesas
You always come back when you stumble, and you don't make promises
Ni Me Dejas ni te vas
Neither do you leave me, nor do you stay
Sigue rodando como rueda, me dejas tus huellas
You keep rolling like a wheel, leaving your marks on me
Víctima de tu rodar
A victim of your rolling
Tu no estas lejos ni estas cerca, Paloma que vuelas
You are neither far nor near, a dove that flies
Tienes Alma (tienes alma)
You have a soul (you have a soul)
De Gitana (de gitana)
Of a gypsy (of a gypsy)
Tienes Alma (tienes alma)
You have a soul (you have a soul)
De Gitana (de gitana)
Of a gypsy (of a gypsy)
Tu tienes alma de gitana
You have a gypsy soul
Y como la mañana, entra y sales sin llamar
And like the morning, you come and go without warning
Regresas siempre que tropiezas, y no haces promesas
You always come back when you stumble, and you don't make promises
Ni Me Dejas ni te vas
Neither do you leave me, nor do you stay
Tienes alma (tienes alma)
You have a soul (you have a soul)
De gitana (de gitana)
Of a gypsy (of a gypsy)
Ni Te Vas (ni te vas)
You don't leave (you don't leave)
Ni Me Dejas (ni me dejas)
You don't stay (you don't stay)
Y Te marchas cuando creo que me quieres
And you leave when I think you love me
Y Te siento más cerca
And I feel you closer
Ni Te Vas (ni te vas)
You don't leave (you don't leave)
Ni Me Dejas (ni me dejas)
You don't stay (you don't stay)
Y rodando tu vas sobre mi vida, dejando tus huellas
And you keep rolling over my life, leaving your marks
Ni Te Vas (ni te vas)
You don't leave (you don't leave)
Ni Me Dejas (ni me dejas)
You don't stay (you don't stay)
Y Te marchas cuando creo que me quieres
And you leave when I think you love me
Y Te siento más cerca
And I feel you closer
Ni Te Vas (ni te vas)
You don't leave (you don't leave)
Ni Me Dejas (ni me dejas)
You don't stay (you don't stay)
Y rodando tu vas sobre mi vida, dejando tus huellas
And you keep rolling over my life, leaving your marks
Ni Te Vas!
Don't leave!
Ni Me Dejas (ni me dejas)
Don't stay either! (Don't stay!)
Y Te marchas cuando creo que me quieres
And you leave when I think you love me
Y Te siento más cerca
And I feel you closer
Ni Te Vas (ni te vas)
You don't leave (you don't leave)
Ni Me Dejas (ni me dejas)
You don't stay (you don't stay)
Y rodando tu vas sobre mi vida, dejando tus huellas
And you keep rolling over my life, leaving your marks
Ni Te Vas.
Don't leave.
Writer(s): Ramon Orlando Valoy
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