It was in 1944, at the age of 18, when the talented troubadour joined Raúl Kaplún's orchestra after winning a local contest, soon, debuting live in a local radio station called Belgrano. In 1952, Goyeneche teamed up with Horacio Salgán and with Aníbal Troilo in 1956, later becoming the first singer to record Astor Piazzolla's classic Balada Para Un Loco, after starting his solo career in 1963. During the 1980s, Roberto Goyeneche participated as special guest in the movies El Exilio de Gardel and Sur, both directed by Fernando Solanas. Drago Bonacich, All Music Guide
Uno
Roberto Goyeneche Lyrics
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el camino que los sueños
prometieron a sus ansias...
Sabe que la lucha es cruel y es mucha
pero lucha y se desangra
por la fe que lo empecina.
Uno va arrastrandose entre espinas
y en su afan de dar su amor...
que uno se quedo sin corazón...
Precio de castigo que uno entrega
por un beso que no lllega
o un amor que lo engaño,
vacio ya de amar y de llorar
tanta traición...
Si yo tuviera el corazón...
El corazón que di...
Si yo pudiera como ayer...
Querer sin presentir...
Es posible que a tus ojos
que me gritan su cariño
los cerrara con mis besos...
Sin pensar que eran como esos
otros ojos los perversos
los que hundieron mi vivir...
Si yo tuviera el corazón,
el mismo que perdi;
si olvidara a la que ayer
lo destrozo,
y pudiera amarte,
me abrazaria a tu ilusion
para llorar tu amor.
Pero Dios te puso en mi camino
sin pensar que ya es muy tarde
y no sabre como quererte,
dejame que llore como aquel
que sufre en vida
la tortura de llorar
su propia muerte.
Buena como sos habrias salvado
mi esperanza con tu amor...
Uno esta tan solo en su dolor,
uno esta tan ciego en su penar...
Pero un frio cruel que es peor
que el odio, punto muerto
de las almas, tumba horrenda
de mi amor, maldijo para siempre
y me robo... toda ilusión...
The lyrics to Roberto Goyeneche's song "Uno" paint a picture of a person who is on a quest to find the way to their dreams. Though they know that the journey is difficult, they persist, driven by their unyielding faith. Despite being faced with many obstacles along the way, they continue to drag themselves through thorny bushes in their attempt to give love. However, the singer gradually comes to understand that they have been left with no heart, as a result of being hurt by someone they trusted. They gave everything up for a love that was never fulfilled, and as a result, they were left feeling defeated.
The second half of the song describes the singer ruminating on what could have been if they still had their heart. They talk about how they would love unconditionally, without any hesitation or doubt, as they did before they were betrayed. They wish they could take a chance on someone who claims to love them, but they cannot forget the pain that they have been through. Despite this, the singer recognises that they have been given a second chance at love, but they are unsure how to move forward.
Line by Line Meaning
Uno busca lleno de esperanzas el camino que los sueños prometieron a sus ansias...
One searches with hope for the path that dreams promised to their desires...
Sabe que la lucha es cruel y es mucha pero lucha y se desangra por la fe que lo empecina.
They know the struggle is cruel and arduous, but they fight and bleed for the stubborn faith within them.
Uno va arrastrandose entre espinas y en su afan de dar su amor...
One crawls through thorns in their eagerness to give love...
Sufre y se destroza hasta entender, que uno se quedo sin corazón...
They suffer and break until they realize they are left heartless...
Precio de castigo que uno entrega por un beso que no lllega o un amor que lo engaño, vacio ya de amar y de llorar tanta traición...
The price of punishment they pay for a kiss that never arrives or a love that deceived them, now empty of love and tears for such betrayal...
Si yo tuviera el corazón... El corazón que di... Si yo pudiera como ayer... Querer sin presentir...
If I still had the heart I gave away... If I could love like I used to, without suspicion...
Es posible que a tus ojos que me gritan su cariño los cerrara con mis besos... Sin pensar que eran como esos otros ojos los perversos los que hundieron mi vivir...
I might close your eyes that scream your affection with my kisses... Without realizing they might be like those other perverse eyes that shattered my life...
Si yo tuviera el corazón, el mismo que perdi; si olvidara a la que ayer lo destrozo, y pudiera amarte, me abrazaria a tu ilusion para llorar tu amor.
If I had the heart I lost, if I could forget the one who broke it yesterday and love you, I would embrace your dream to weep for your love.
Pero Dios te puso en mi camino sin pensar que ya es muy tarde y no sabre como quererte, dejame que llore como aquel que sufre en vida la tortura de llorar su propia muerte.
But God put you in my path without considering it's too late, and I won't know how to love you. Let me weep like one who suffers the agony of crying for their own death in life.
Buena como sos habrias salvado mi esperanza con tu amor... Uno esta tan solo en su dolor, uno esta tan ciego en su penar...
As kind as you are, you could have saved my hope with your love... One is so alone in their pain, one is so blind in their suffering...
Pero un frio cruel que es peor que el odio, punto muerto de las almas, tumba horrenda de mi amor, maldijo para siempre y me robo... toda ilusión...
But a cruel coldness worse than hate, a dead-end for souls, a horrific grave for my love, cursed me forever and stole... all hope...
Contributed by Anthony N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.