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
Uno
Sara Montiel 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.
Y en su afan de dar su amor
Sufre y se destroza hasta entender,
Que uno se ha quedado sin corazon.
Precio de castigo que uno entrega
Por un beso que no llega
O un amor que lo engaño.
Vacio ya de amar y de llorar
Tanta traicion!
Si yo tuviera el corazon,
El corazon 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 corazon,
El mismo que perdi...
Si olvidara a la que ayer
Lo destrozo, y pudiera amarte.
Me abrazaria a tu ilusion
Para llorar tu amor.
The lyrics of Sara Montiel's "Uno" narrate the struggle of an individual who, filled with hope and dreams, walks through life looking for the path that would promise him happiness. Despite the cruelty and hardships of life that one faces, he perseveres and fights for the belief that drives him. Stumbling through the thorns of existence, he continues to give love and suffers heartbreaks until he realizes that he has lost his heart. The emptiness of loving and crying for the deceitful lover takes a considerable toll on his spirit.
The lyrics express the regret and pain that one experiences from loving the wrong person and the desire to have love again. The singer yearns for the heart he gave away and wishes that he could love again without the fear of betrayal. The song depicts the struggle and role of hope in one's journey of looking for love, and how it can either drive one to persevere or cause one to lose heart.
Line by Line Meaning
Uno busca lleno de esperanzas
One searches full of hope
El camino que los sueños
The path that dreams
Prometieron a sus ansias.
Promised to their desires.
Sabe que la lucha es cruel
Knows that the struggle is cruel
Y es mucha pero lucha y se desangra
And it's a lot but they fight and bleed
Por la fe que lo empecina.
For the faith that persists.
Uno va arrastrandose entre espinas
One goes crawling among thorns
Y en su afan de dar su amor
And in their eagerness to give their love
Sufre y se destroza hasta entender,
Suffers and is destroyed until understanding,
Que uno se ha quedado sin corazon.
That one has been left heartless.
Precio de castigo que uno entrega
Price of punishment that one delivers
Por un beso que no llega
For a kiss that doesn't arrive
O un amor que lo engaño.
Or a love that betrayed them.
Vacio ya de amar y de llorar
Empty of loving and crying
Tanta traicion!
So much betrayal!
Si yo tuviera el corazon,
If I had the heart,
El corazon que di...
The heart that I gave...
Si yo pudiera como ayer
If I could like yesterday
Querer sin presentir...
Love without anticipating...
Es posible que a tus ojos
It's possible that in your eyes
Que me gritan su cariño
That scream your affection to me
Los cerrara con mis besos.
I would close them with my kisses.
Sin pensar que eran como esos
Without thinking that they were like those
Otros ojos, los perversos
Other eyes, the wicked ones
Los que hundieron mi vivir.
The ones that sank my life.
Si yo tuviera el corazon,
If I had the heart,
El mismo que perdi...
The same one that I lost...
Si olvidara a la que ayer
If I forgot the one who yesterday
Lo destrozo, y pudiera amarte.
Destroyed me, and could love you.
Me abrazaria a tu ilusion
I would embrace your dream
Para llorar tu amor.
To cry for your love.
Writer(s): Enrique Santos Discepolo, Marianito Mores
Contributed by Hannah K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Ana Lucia Dogini
Lindíssima e cheia de charme. Sara sempre cantando o Amor .Te amo sempre onde quer que esteja. Bjs Ana Lúcia
mexicanisssima2024
Preciosa canción y preciosa Sarita con esa voz tan linda que grandiosa mujer mi admiración
Aurora Beato
No siempre las canciones , son de amor, a veces aplica a otros dolores del ser humano.
sanita romero
Que bien cantaba los tangos era y sera eterna nuestra Saritisima.
Reyes Beneito García
Unica
Carlos Hugo Geib
Una gran Diva!!!
María Josefa Martín
No es que tuvieras una voz precisamente destacable, pero si una belleza física sublime.
Aurora Beato
El derecho de vivir , en mundo donde, exista el respeto al ser humano a la vida, y a la dignidad que. ..Merecemos en este Mundo despiadado, donde la falta de respeto por el prójimo es vulnerada.
julio fonseca
EXCELENTE
Reyes Beneito García
Fuistes .la más grande .guapisimaaaaa.