Rey Ruiz performed in the well known "Cabaret Tropicana" music group. During a Cabaret Tropicana tour in the Dominican Republic, Ruiz defected, leaving the group to join some friends in the United States. With the help of his aunt, Martina, he was able to reach Miami, FL. He owes his life in the US to his aunt and it is in Miami, where he found success. Once established there, Ruiz began to gain fame as a solo salsa singer.
It took Ruiz three years after he arrived in the United States for him to release his first CD. The self-titled "Rey Ruiz" was produced by Sony Records and it earned Ruiz celebrity in such places as Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Panama and Venezuela. The album also earned Ruiz a number of billboard and Premios Lo Nuestro awards, and it was a platinum album. Rey Ruiz was named the "salsa singer of the year" for 1993 by a prestigious salsa music magazine.
Ruiz's initial success as a singer translated into small screen success as well, as he was hired by Pepsi, Miller beer and his studio company, Sony, to film commercials announcing their brand. Ruiz's second album was a various artists' compillation dedicated to salsa singers from the 1960s and 1970s. The tribute album was named "Los Soneros de Hoy". loosely translated into "Today's (salsa) performers".
Also in 1993, Ruiz released his second album. "Mi Media Mitad" ("My Other Half") was a large hit in the United States and in Europe, once again, making the Billboard hits list in the States, and topping the European charts. "Mi Media Mitad" became Ruiz's second consecutive platinum album, and it helped make Ruiz popular in Colombia as well, with a single, "Si te Preguntan" ("If They Ask You") becoming a major hit song. Soon after that album's release, Ruiz made his debut at New York's Madison Square Garden.
Ruiz's third album, "En Cuerpo y Alma" ("Body and Soul"), was released in 1995. This was Ruiz's third platinum album in a row; his songs "Estamos Solos" ("We Are Alone") and "Vuelve de Nuevo Conmigo" ("Return Once Again With Me") were international hits, and many salsa experts consider this album to be Ruiz's most important release.
In 1996, with the collaboration of famed Colombian songwriter Omar Estefano and of Ricardo Quijano, Ruiz released his fourth consecutive platinum album, named "Destino" ("Destiny"). One of the most publicly acclaimed songs in that album was "Miénteme Otra Vez" ("Lie to me Again").
His next album, 1997's "Porque es Amor' ("Because it is Love") failed to have the commercial success Ruiz's four previous releases had, ending Ruiz's streak of platinum albums at four. It did, however, contain three major hit songs, including the title song, as well as "Mi Angel" ("My Angel") and "Tú no Sabes" ("You Don't Know").
In 1998, Ruiz released a greatest hits CD, named "Exitos del Rey" ("Rey's Hits", a name which can also be interpreted as "The King's hits", since Rey means king in Spanish). By then, Ruiz owned a recording company; his next album, "Ya Ves Quien Soy" ("Now You See Who I Am"), becoming one of the first CD's to be released by Ruiz's Luna Negra ("Black Moon") record label. Years earlier, Ruiz incorporated his production company in Puerto Rico, by the same name, Luna Negra productions, with the help of his ex-fiance (former Sony Music A&R rep) and then business manager.
"Ya Ves Quien Soy" was another commercial success for Ruiz, particularly in Brazil. Ruiz collaborated with Brazilian singer José Augusto in this album, when the pair recorded a duet song, "Siempre Mía" ("Always Mine").
In 2000, Ruiz joined the Bohemia Records label, releasing "Fenomenal" ("Phenomenal") under that label. In 2004, he released Mi Tentacion.
Mi Tentacion
Rey Ruiz Lyrics
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La que roba mis sueños
Dueeña de mi voluuntaad
Siempre sabe llegaar, cuando mas la deseeoo...
Tieeene ternuura y pasioon,
Pero el corazon es un gran misteriooo
(Es mi tentacion)
Ese briiillo en su miraada
(Es mi tentacion)
Lo que dice cuando callaaa
Es un canto de sireenas, que me llamaaaa
Un hechizo encantadooor es magia blancaaa
(Es mi tentacion)
Su belleza despiadada
(Es mi tentacion)
Esos besos que me maatan
Es un vaije sin regreeeso al paraisooo
Una fuerza superioor algo divinooo...
Aangel en piel de muujer,
La escencia del placer
La que ma hace estar vivo
Nuunca me deeja saaber si la voy a tener
Otra noche conmigoo
Deja en mi cuerpo su oolor
Deja su sabooor, para mi castigooo
(Es mi tentacion)
Ese briiillo en su miraada
(Es mi tentacion)
Lo que dice cuando callaaa
Es un canto de sireenas, que me llamaaaa
Un hechizo encantadooor es magia blancaaa
(Es mi tentacion)
Su belleza despiadada
(Es mi tentacion)
Esos besos que me maatan
Es un vaije sin regreeeso al paraisooo
Una fuerza superioor algo divinooo...
Eeella, es la muujer ideal
(Es mi tentacion)
Lo que me dicen sus ojos coon la mirada
(Es mi tentacion)
El perfume que me dejaa, cuaando ella pasa
(Es mi tentacion)
Es un angel que me imnotiza y me mataa
(Es mi tentacion)
La pasion que hay en sus besos
Que me domina y contagia
(Es mi tentacion)
Por mas que traato, su corazon no se entreega
(Es mi tentacion)
Peero lograarlo, peero lograrrlo es mi meeta
(Es mi tentacion)
Depues de amaarla vuelvo de nuevo a perderlaa
(Es mi tentacion)
Ella no sabe lo triste y maal, que me deja
(Es mi tentacion) (Mi tentacion)...
Jaa...
Aja...
Fenomenal...
(Es mi tentacion)
Y gota a gota su amor me alimentaaa
(Es mi tentacion)
Pero por poco que seea, vaale la peena
(Es mi tentacion)
Porque me abre la puerta y luego la cierra
(Es mi tentacion)
Es un misteriooo, yo nunca se lo que pieensaa...
(Es mi tentacion).
The lyrics to Rey Ruiz's song Mi Tentacion express the singer's deep desire and infatuation with a woman who he believes is the perfect ideal for him. He describes her as beautiful, sensual, and mysterious, with a heart that is difficult to read. Despite her despiadada or ruthless beauty and the fact that she sometimes leaves him wanting more, he is drawn to her like a sailor to a siren's song. Her allure is like an enchanted spell or white magic, trapping him in a cycle of infatuation and desire. Despite the passion and pleasure she brings to his life, he is constantly left wanting more, unsure if he will ever win her heart. He describes himself as being under her spell, constantly trying to gain her love but always ending up losing her again.
Overall, the lyrics seem to be a reflection on the universal theme of unrequited love and the ways in which we can become imprisoned by our desires. The singer is at once consumed by and frustrated with his obsession, longing for something he can never fully have.
Line by Line Meaning
Beella, diviiina sensual, la mujer ideal
She is beautiful, divine, and sensual, the ideal woman
La que roba mis sueños
She is the one who steals my dreams
Dueeña de mi voluuntaad
She is the owner of my willpower
Siempre sabe llegaar, cuando mas la deseeoo...
She always knows how to arrive when I desire her the most
Tieeene ternuura y pasioon,
She has tenderness and passion,
Pero el corazon es un gran misteriooo
But her heart is a great mystery
(Es mi tentacion)
She is my temptation
Ese briiillo en su miraada
That sparkle in her gaze
Lo que dice cuando callaaa
What she says when she's silent
Es un canto de sireenas, que me llamaaaa
It's a siren's song that calls me
Un hechizo encantadooor es magia blancaaa
A bewitching spell, enchanted white magic
Su belleza despiadada
Her ruthless beauty
Esos besos que me maatan
Those kisses that kill me
Es un vaije sin regreeeso al paraisooo
It's a one-way trip to paradise
Una fuerza superioor algo divinooo...
A superior force, something divine
Aangel en piel de muujer,
An angel in the form of a woman,
La escencia del placer
The essence of pleasure
La que ma hace estar vivo
She is the one who makes me feel alive
Nuunca me deeja saaber si la voy a tener
She never lets me know if I will have her
Otra noche conmigoo
Another night with me
Deja en mi cuerpo su oolor
She leaves her scent on my body
Deja su sabooor, para mi castigooo
She leaves her flavor as my punishment
Lo que me dicen sus ojos coon la mirada
What her eyes tell me with a gaze
El perfume que me dejaa, cuaando ella pasa
The scent she leaves behind when she passes by
Es un angel que me imnotiza y me mataa
She is an angel who hypnotizes me and kills me
La pasion que hay en sus besos
The passion in her kisses
Que me domina y contagia
That dominates and infects me
Peero lograarlo, peero lograrrlo es mi meeta
But achieving it, but achieving it is my goal
Depues de amaarla vuelvo de nuevo a perderlaa
After loving her, I lose her again
Ella no sabe lo triste y maal, que me deja
She doesn't know how sad and bad she makes me feel
Y gota a gota su amor me alimentaaa
And drop by drop, her love feeds me
Pero por poco que seea, vaale la peena
But no matter how little it is, it's worth it
Porque me abre la puerta y luego la cierra
Because she opens the door for me and then closes it
Es un misteriooo, yo nunca se lo que pieensaa...
It's a mystery, I never know what she's thinking...
(Es mi tentacion)
She is my temptation
Contributed by Caden C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.