History
Ricardo was born in the village of Jocotenango, near Antigua, Guatemala to Ricardo Arjona Moscoso and Noemí Morales de Arjona. When he was three years of age he and his family moved to Guatemala City.
He spent some time as a teacher at a rural primary school, where he reputedly said he spent three hours giving lessons and the rest of the day playing football. This earned him a visit from a Ministry of Education representative, who was sent to evaluate the level of education amongst Ricardo Arjona's pupils. The representative found that the students' level of education was actually above average.
Ricardo Arjona was a talented basketball player, and he played for the team Leones de Marte. He also toured Central America as a member of the Selección de básquetbol de Guatemala (Guatemala's National Basketball Team); until recently he held the record for the most points scored in a single game by a Guatemalan player.
Although he initially enrolled in architecture and engineering subjects, he eventually graduated with a degree from the School of Communication Sciences at the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala (USAC).
At USAC there is a library hall that bears his name. There is also a street named for him in his birthplace, Jocotenango, Guatemala.
Tarde
Ricardo Arjona Lyrics
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Con tu cuerpo exacto y ojos de asesina
Tarde como siempre nos llega la fortuna
Tú ibas con ella yo iba con él
Jugando a ser felices por desesperados
Por no aguardar los sueños por miedo a quedar solos
Nos reconocimos enseguida pero tarde
Maldita sea la hora que encontré lo que soñé
Tarde
Tanto soñarte y extrañarte sin tenerte tanto inventarte
Tanto buscarte por las calles como loca sin encontrarte
Y ahí va uno de tonto por desesperado
Confundiendo amor con compañía
Y ese miedo idiota de verte viejo y sin pareja
Te hace escoger con la cabeza lo que es del corazón
Y no tengo nada contra ellos la rabia es contra el tiempo
Por ponerte junto a mí tarde (tarde)
Ganas de huir de no verte ni la sombra
De pensar que esto fue un sueño o una pesadilla
Que nunca apareciste que nunca has existido
Ganas de besarte de coincidir contigo
De acercarme un poco y amarrarte en un abrazo
De mirarte a los ojos y decirte bienvenido
Pero llegamos tarde te vi y me viste
Nos reconocimos en seguida pero tarde
Quizás en otras vidas quizás en otras muertes
Que ganas de rozarte (ganas de huir)
Que ganas de tocarte (ganas de besarte)
De acercarme a ti y golpearte con un beso
De fugarnos para siempre sin daños a terceros
In Ricardo Arjona's song "Tarde," he describes a moment when he meets someone who could be the love of his life, but it's too late. The song has a rather poetic structure and unique tone, engaging the listener and taking them through the emotional journey. The song begins with the phrase "justamente ahora irrumpes en mi vida," meaning "you come into my life right now." He describes this person as having a perfect body and lethal eyes, and then he says, "tarde como siempre nos llega la fortuna," which means fortune always comes to us late.
The story unfolds as he recollects a time when he and the person he met were with other partners. They were playing at being happy because they were both afraid of being alone. However, they both see each other, they recognize each other instantly, but realize that it's too late. Ricardo is angry at himself for taking so long to meet his dream woman. The song is an ode to the ones that got away, the chances that we missed, or perhaps never had. Towards the end of the song, Ricardo expresses the desire to hug, kiss, and run away without doing any harm to anyone.
Line by Line Meaning
Justamente ahora irrumpes en mi vida
You entered my life at the perfect moment
Con tu cuerpo exacto y ojos de asesina
Your body is perfect and your eyes are dangerous
Tarde como siempre nos llega la fortuna
Fortune always comes too late for us
Tú ibas con ella yo iba con él
We were both with someone else
Jugando a ser felices por desesperados
Trying to be happy out of desperation
Por no aguardar los sueños por miedo a quedar solos
We settled for less because we were afraid of being alone
Pero llegamos tarde te vi y me viste
But we arrived too late, we saw each other but it was too late
Nos reconocimos enseguida pero tarde
We recognized each other right away but it was too late
Maldita sea la hora que encontré lo que soñé
Damn the moment I found what I had been dreaming of
Tarde
Too late
Tanto soñarte y extrañarte sin tenerte tanto inventarte
I dreamed and missed you so much without having you, I invented you in my mind
Tanto buscarte por las calles como loca sin encontrarte
I searched for you on the streets like a crazy person but I couldn't find you
Y ahí va uno de tonto por desesperado
And there I was, foolish and desperate
Confundiendo amor con compañía
Mistaking love for companionship
Y ese miedo idiota de verte viejo y sin pareja
And that stupid fear of growing old and alone
Te hace escoger con la cabeza lo que es del corazón
Makes you choose with your head instead of your heart
Y no tengo nada contra ellos la rabia es contra el tiempo
I have nothing against them, my anger is towards time
Por ponerte junto a mí tarde (tarde)
For bringing you to me too late (too late)
Ganas de huir de no verte ni la sombra
Wishing to run away, not even seeing your shadow
De pensar que esto fue un sueño o una pesadilla
Thinking this was a dream or a nightmare
Que nunca apareciste que nunca has existido
That you never appeared, that you never existed
Ganas de besarte de coincidir contigo
Wishing to kiss you, to be with you
De acercarme un poco y amarrarte en un abrazo
To get closer and hold you tightly in my arms
De mirarte a los ojos y decirte bienvenido
To look into your eyes and say welcome
Quizás en otras vidas quizás en otras muertes
Maybe in other lives, maybe in other deaths
Que ganas de rozarte (ganas de huir)
How much I want to touch you (wanting to run away)
Que ganas de tocarte (ganas de besarte)
How much I want to feel you (wanting to kiss you)
De acercarme a ti y golpearte con un beso
To get closer to you and hit you with a kiss
De fugarnos para siempre sin daños a terceros
To run away together forever without hurting anyone else
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: Ricardo Arjona
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Mayra M.
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Esta canción no es más que una triste burka. Se presta para muchas interpretaciones y al final no dice nada.