In 1943, Sara Montiel started getting involved in show business after winning a new talent contest sponsored by a local filming company. Her debut came after playing a role in the movie Te Quiero Para Mi, directed by Ladislao Vajda. However, the newcomer's breakthrough came in 1948 with the successful Locura de Amor. In the early '50s, Montiel settled in Mexico and began her singing career while working along with Pedro Infante, Manolo Fábregas, and Agustin Lara, among other prominent local artists. In 1954, the acclaimed actress had the opportunity to work along with Gary Cooper and Burt Lancaster in the making of Veracruz.
Montiel rose to Latin music stardom with the release of El Ultimo Cuplé (aka The Last Torch Song) movie soundtrack. During the 1970s, she toured the world leading celebrated musicals such as Saritísima, Increíble Sara, Super Sara Show, and Doña Sara de la Mancha. ~ Drago Bonacich, All Music Guide
Nena
Sara Montiel Lyrics
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sus negros ojazos en mi alma clavó
tu amor es mi sino
tu amor es mi suerte
tu amor es mi vida
me dijo y juró.
Llegarme juró en su querer
mas allá del dolor y el placer.
promesa del hombre
yo fuí una mujer.
Nena...
Me decia loco de pasión.
Nena...
Que mi vida llenas de ilusión.
Deja que ponga
con embeleso
junto a tus labios
la llama divina
de un beso.
Un día en sus ojos la fiebre brillaba
aquellos ojazos que en mi alma clavó.
Y vi que la vida fugaz escapaba
de aquel que en sus besos la vida me dio.
Y loca a su lado corrí.
Vive vive
Exclame para mi
Y él que se moría
aún sonreía
diciendome así...
Nena...
Me decia loco de pasión.
Nena...
Que mi vida llenas de ilusión.
Deja que ponga
con embeleso
junto a tus labios
la llama divina
de un beso.
De un beso.
The lyrics to Sara Montiel's song "Nena" are about a man who claimed to love the singer without fear of death. He looked into her soul with his dark eyes and promised that his love is her destiny, her luck, and her life. He swore to love her beyond pain and pleasure, and the singer became a woman because of the beautiful promise he made to her. "Nena" is a term of endearment that the man uses for the singer throughout the song.
The chorus of the song repeats the singer's name, Nena, and the man tells her that she fills his life with passion and hope. He asks for her permission to place a divine flame of a kiss on her lips, and the singer agrees to let him do so. In the second verse, the man's feverish eyes indicate that he is dying, and the singer urges him to live. The man, still smiling, tells her that she is his passion and life as he takes his last breath.
Line by Line Meaning
Juró amarme un hombre sin miedo a la muerte
He swore to love me, a man without fear of death
sus negros ojazos en mi alma clavó
His black eyes pierced my soul
tu amor es mi sino
Your love is my destiny
tu amor es mi suerte
Your love is my luck
tu amor es mi vida
Your love is my life
me dijo y juró.
He told me and swore.
Llegarme juró en su querer
He vowed to love me
mas allá del dolor y el placer.
Beyond pain and pleasure
Y loca la hermosa
And crazy the beauty
promesa del hombre
Promise of the man
yo fuí una mujer.
I was a woman.
Nena...
Baby...
Me decia loco de pasión.
He said I drove him crazy with passion.
Que mi vida llenas de ilusión.
That my life is filled with hope.
Deja que ponga
Let me put
con embeleso
with delight
junto a tus labios
next to your lips
la llama divina
the divine flame
de un beso.
of a kiss.
Un día en sus ojos la fiebre brillaba
One day fever shone in his eyes
aquellos ojazos que en mi alma clavó.
those big black eyes that pierced my soul.
Y vi que la vida fugaz escapaba
And I saw that fleeting life was slipping away
de aquel que en sus besos la vida me dio.
from the one who gave me life in his kisses.
Y loca a su lado corrí.
And crazy I ran to his side.
Vive vive
Live, live
Exclame para mi
I exclaimed to myself.
Y él que se moría aún sonreía
And he, who was dying, still smiled
diciendome así...
saying to me like this...
De un beso.
Of a kiss.
Contributed by Amelia E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
tonono88
Imposible ser mas bella que SARA MONTIEL, su cara dejaba sin aliento. Entra a la inmortalidad, la actriz, el mito y la mujer Española mas bella y mas conocida del mundo entero!
power driller
Yo le voy mas a Carmen Sevilla, pero a una centésima de milímetro casi la alcanza Sara Montiel.
Js
Totalmente amigo
ALBERTO MONTIEL
Nunca volverá a nacer otra mujer como ella, que manera tan majestuosa de interpretar los cuplés, con su hermosa voz dio una nueva tonalidad a este genero de canciones,
Francisco Escalante mendez
Qué mujeron cómo nos deleita con esa música española. Que nos hace hervir las venas
Erika Moreno
Sara Montiel, una de mis favoritas,siempre soñé con ser actiz, su talento me fascina, siempre vivirá en mí.
Margarida Tenorio
Sara Montiel uma diva viverá para sempre.
divasantiguas
LA MUJER MAS BELLA DEL MUNDO! Qué interpretación, es brutal😍
Jor Di
Canta un tono más alto de lo habitual en ella. Se emociona y llora de verdad. Bella y elegante hasta enamorar.
Douglas Hernández
Quiero los Rosario el Evangelio gracias