His musical career started at age 17 while he was doing his military service in the recently formed FAR (Revolutionary Armed Forces) created in late 1961 after the failed invasion of Cuba by the U.S.A. led mainly by the C.I.A. and the Cuban exiles in that country, the self-titled "Gusanos", ordered by former president John F. Kennedy.
The bombings by the U.S.A. where targeted mainly towards the urban settlements in La Habana, Santiago de Cuba and San Antonio de los Baños, the latter in which Silvio was living at the time. He was working as an educator for the Alphabetization Program of the Revolution in which he taught History, Mathematics, Geography, Grammar and Politics.
Esteban Baños was the friend that taught him how to play guitar while they were in the army, it was around 1964 when Silvio wrote his first songs. In 1967 he finished his Army training and started his career as a musician mainly as a solo artist but also shortly as a part of the Grupo de Experimentación Sonora del ICAIC (GESI).
Caballo místico
Silvio Rodríguez Lyrics
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Que suba que volaba
Como volara el amor
rase un caballo con un cuerno
En la nariz que en primavera
Se hizo buen galopador
Why un arquero todo junto
Con un solo corazn
rase que un beso era el olimpo
Rase que abril era a las cinco
why las patas del animal mstico
Se enredaban en el aire
Con su galope magnfico
why era que te haba conocido
Con tu nombre que volaba
Con tu pequeo vestido.
The lyrics of Silvio Rodriguez's song "Caballo místico" describe a mystical horse with two wings. The horse flew through the air, similar to how love can soar. The lyrics then describe how the horse had a horn on its nose and became a good galloper during spring. The meaning behind this can be interpreted as the horse symbolizing growth and transformation during the season of renewal.
The song then mentions a rider and an archer who shared one heart while riding the mystical horse. This could represent the unity and harmony between two individuals who are in a close relationship. The lyrics then describe a kiss being like an "olympus" and the month of April being associated with 5 PM. These lines could symbolize the feeling of transcendence and the importance of time in love.
Lastly, the song mentions the horse's magnificent gallop, which blends into the air, and how the singer had met someone special with a name that flew with it. The "small dress" mentioned in the lyrics could represent the simplicity and purity of love. Overall, the lyrics of "Caballo místico" are filled with symbolic imagery that explores various aspects of love and growth.
Line by Line Meaning
Erase un caballo con dos alas
Once there was a horse with two wings
Que suba que volaba
That would rise and fly
Como volara el amor
Like how love would fly
Erase un caballo con un cuerno
Once there was a horse with one horn
En la nariz que en primavera
On its nose that in springtime
Se hizo buen galopador
Became a great galloper
Erase un caballo con un hombre
Once there was a horse with a man
Y un arquero todo junto
And an archer all together
Con un solo corazn
With a single heart
Rase que un beso era el olimpo
Once it was said that a kiss was Olympus
Rase que abril era a las cinco
Once it was said that April was at five
Y las patas del animal mstico
And the hooves of the mystical animal
Se enredaban en el aire
Would get tangled in the air
Con su galope magnfico
With its magnificent gallop
Y era que te haba conocido
And it was that I had met you
Con tu nombre que volaba
With your name that would fly
Con tu pequeo vestido.
With your little dress.
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Alex Nasi
is a poetic song, some interpret it is for Sagittarians, others, it's about love ... if you translate it, it's really beautiful
Andrea Acosta
no me canso de escucharla, es hermosa!! es genial.
mareugeli
Me encanta esta canción y me gustaron las imágenes...te felicito...
kyletrueman17
I don't speak Spanish... pero me gusta.
Maira Barraza
Toda la razón.
pazosfoto
Lo unico que le sobra a esta canción es el montaje de imágenes (con perdón... pero es que rompe con la norma más básica del lenguaje audiovisual: no ser redundante). ¡Gran canción!