Career
Jurado began performing flamenco at a very young age, debuting on the big screen in 1962 with Los guerrilleros, acting alongside Manolo Escobar. She also played a main role in 1966's Proceso a una estrella and 1971's Una chica casi decente. While temporarily living in Argentina, the Spanish diva participated in a successful musical called La zapatera prodigiosa, based on Federico García Lorca's work. After teaming with composer Manuel Alejandro, Rocío Jurado became a major and beloved figure on the Latin music scene, acclaimed throughout America and Spain after releasing Muera el amor and Señora, among other hits.
Illness
In 2004, Jurado was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer for which she was treated in Houston, Texas in 2006. In April 2006, she was also treated for acute liver failure in a hospital in Madrid, Spain. On May 26, 2006, Spain's Culture Minister Carmen Calvo announced that Jurado had suffered a stroke, an assertion denied by Jurado's personal physician Dr. Domingo and by her brother and manager Amador Mohedano. She died at 5:15 in the morning on June 1st, 2006, at her home in La Moraleja, Madrid, aged 61. She is buried in her hometown, Chipiona, Cadiz, in the San José Cemetery.
Tus mentiras
Rocío Jurado Lyrics
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y ese engaño en tu mirar,
que no quiero imaginar qué será
cuanto tú quieras de verdad,
si es verdad cómo será.
Mira, mil castillos por el aire,
por el aire levanté,
y en su piedra imaginé que engañé
que era el aire tu querer.
Sigue, sigue diciéndome mentiras,
mis castillos del aire
son de piedra en tu piel.
Tu cuerpo va acostumbrándome en el tiempo
y hasta he creído que fue cierto,
que no fuiste viento,
ni era yo papel.
Mira, son tan bellas tus mentiras,
y ese engaño en tu mirar,
que no quiero imaginar qué será
cuando tú quieras de verdad,
si es verdad cómo será.
In the song "Tus Mentiras" by Rocio Jurado, the singer is addressing her lover and telling him how beautiful his lies are. The way he deceives her with his eyes is so convincing that she doesn't want to think about what it would be like if he actually spoke the truth. She talks about how she built "mil castillos por el aire" (a thousand castles in the air) which symbolizes the dreams and fantasies she had with him. But in reality, those castles were nothing but lies and pretense. The singer is so enraptured by her lover's lies that she compares them to the air, which we can't see but can feel its presence. She says that she imagined those lies were the air that she breathed, so much so that she couldn't distinguish between his lies and reality.
As the song progresses, the singer reveals that her lover's lies have started to become a habit for her. She has started to believe that they were true, and her lover has become a part of her life. She even mentions that she thought he was not just a fleeting wind that could easily pass, but something more substantial, like a rock that can't be moved. The singer is so in love with her lover and that even though she knows that these lies are false, she can't help but believe in them.
Overall, the song "Tus Mentiras" by Rocio Jurado is a powerful ballad that talks about the seductive nature of lies and how they can easily wrap us in a web of deceit and illusion. The singer is trapped between the world of dreams and reality and can't differentiate between them. The song is a poignant reminder that sometimes we can get so absorbed in our fantasies that we don't see the truth that is staring us right in the face.
Line by Line Meaning
Mira, son tan bellas tus mentiras
Look, your lies are so beautiful
y ese engaño en tu mirar,
and the deception in your gaze
que no quiero imaginar qué será
that I don't even want to imagine
cuanto tú quieras de verdad,
what it will be like
si es verdad cómo será.
when you tell the truth.
Mira, mil castillos por el aire,
Look, I built a thousand castles in the air
por el aire levanté,
I raised them in the air,
y en su piedra imaginé que engañé
and in their stone I imagined that I deceived
a la mentira que soñé,
the lie that I dreamed
que era el aire tu querer.
that your love was like the air
Sigue, sigue diciéndome mentiras,
Keep on telling me lies
mis castillos del aire
my castles in the air
son de piedra en tu piel.
are made of stone on your skin.
Tu cuerpo va acostumbrándome en el tiempo
Your body is getting used to me over time
y hasta he creído que fue cierto,
and I've even believed it was true,
que no fuiste viento,
that you weren't just wind,
ni era yo papel.
and I wasn't just paper.
Mira, son tan bellas tus mentiras,
Look, your lies are so beautiful
y ese engaño en tu mirar,
and the deception in your gaze
que no quiero imaginar qué será
that I don't even want to imagine
cuando tú quieras de verdad,
what it will be like
si es verdad cómo será.
when you tell the truth.
Contributed by Nathaniel W. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@josepedroserranolopez9175
_ TUS MENTIRAS _
( ANTONIO BURGOS )
Mira, son tan bellas tus mentiras
y ese engaño en tu mirar,
que no quiero imaginar qué será
cuanto tú quieras de verdad,
si es verdad cómo será.
Mira, mil castillos por el aire,
por el aire levanté,
y en su piedra imaginé que engañé
a la mentira que soñé,
que era el aire tu querer.
Sigue, sigue diciéndome mentiras,
mis castillos del aire
son de piedra en tu piel.
Tu cuerpo va acostumbrándome en el tiempo
y hasta he creído que fue cierto,
que no fuiste viento,
ni era yo papel.
Mira, son tan bellas tus mentiras,
y ese engaño en tu mirar,
que no quiero imaginar qué será
cuando tú quieras de verdad,
si es verdad cómo será.
Sigue, sigue diciéndome mentiras,
mis castillos del aire
son de piedra en tu piel.
Tu cuerpo va acostumbrándome en el tiempo
y hasta he creído que fue cierto,
que no fuiste viento,
ni era yo papel.
Mira, son tan bellas tus mentiras,
y ese engaño en tu mirar,
que no quiero imaginar qué será
cuando tú quieras de verdad,
si es verdad cómo será.
@edengirl17
De sus mejores discos. Me encanta
@MrFemastor
Me encanta esta version de ROCIO JURADO, y tambien me gusta mucho la version de la cantante francesa MIREILLE MATHIEU en español EMBRUJO escucharla y vereis que voz tan maravillosa.
@rafaelnunez4725
uno de sus mejores albunes, en musica y voz no entiedo como no gano un grammy en el renglon folklorico es una joya y esa voz para morirse de buena!!
@Rodrigo-rx3nf
totalmente de acordo
@vicentrebelld
totalmente de acuerdo ,Rocio se merece ya un Grammy Postumo ,La Mejor .
@vicentrebelld
Rocio se merece ya un Grammy Postumo .
@Juanbisbi
Fascinantee!!!Como me llega al alma esta prodigiosa vozzz!!!!Es q eres la mejor!!!
@MariaLopez-nd5he
Maravillosa ,es la concion que más me llega al alma
@DulceVenenoSpain
Me encanta
@mariaruiz1142
Temazo