El Pobre Diablo
Teodoro Reyes Lyrics
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Yo soy tu enamorado
Qué vengo loco de amor
Con el corazón en las manos
Despierta no duermas más
Es bueno que tú escuches
La triste realidad
De un pobre diablo que sufre
Hay días que me emborracho
Disque pa′ calmar mis penas
Y en cada copa que alzó
Más te recuerdo morena
Si no me puedes querer
Dime qué va a ser conmigo
No sea mala mujer
Dame la receta del olvido
A mí.
Despierta para que escuches
La plegaria de un perdido
Qué no siente amor con nadie
Cómo el que siente contigo
Ya me duele el corazón
Me estoy callendo a pedazos
Loco por verme mujer
Añoñado entre tus brazos
Así.
Quizás porque pobre soy
Tú no me podrás querer
Culpable yo no soy
También rico quiero ser
Te dicen que no me quieras
Qué el pobre no vale nada
Pero no olvides mujer
Qué los pobres también aman
Soy un pobre diablo y así te amo, así te amo siendo un pobre diablo
In Teodoro Reyes’s song El Pobre Diablo, the singer is sharing the story of a poor, love-struck man who is hopelessly devoted to his beloved. The song opens with a plea to his lover to listen to him as he declares his undying love for her. Despite his drunkenness, he can’t seem to forget about her and wants her to understand his current distraught state. He is aware of his situation, knows he is poor, and is frustrated that her love for him is not reciprocated. Yet, he hopes that she will come up with a solution for him to forget her, but also acknowledges how deeply he loves her, despite his position in life.
Throughout the song, the singer paints a vivid picture of his melancholic state. He narrates how his heart is breaking into pieces, and how he longs for his lover's embrace. Nevertheless, he also recognizes that his status as a poor man is a hindrance to her love for him. The song is a woeful lament of an individual who craves for something he may never have, the love of his life, a love he knows may just be a temporary escape from his harsh reality. The song’s poignancy and tender rhythm make it one of the most popular bachata songs today.
Line by Line Meaning
Escucha dulce amor
Listen sweet love, pay attention to what I have to say.
Yo soy tu enamorado
I am your lover, who is deeply in love with you.
Qué vengo loco de amor
I come to you, crazy in love.
Con el corazón en las manos
With my heart in my hands, offering it to you.
Despierta no duermas más
Wake up, don't sleep anymore.
Es bueno que tú escuches
It's good for you to listen to me.
La triste realidad
The sad reality is that I am a poor devil who suffers.
De un pobre diablo que sufre
I am a poor devil who suffers from my love for you.
Que soy yo
It's me.
Hay días que me emborracho
Some days I get drunk.
Disque pa′ calmar mis penas
Supposedly to ease my sorrows.
Y en cada copa que alzó
And with every glass that I raise.
Más te recuerdo morena
I remember you more, my brown-skinned woman.
Si no me puedes querer
If you can't love me.
Dime qué va a ser conmigo
Tell me, what's going to happen to me?
No sea mala mujer
Don't be a cruel woman.
Dame la receta del olvido
Give me the recipe for forgetting.
A mí.
To me.
Despierta para que escuches
Wake up so you can hear.
La plegaria de un perdido
The prayer of someone who is lost.
Qué no siente amor con nadie
Who doesn't feel love with anyone else.
Cómo el que siente contigo
As he feels with you.
Ya me duele el corazón
My heart already hurts.
Me estoy callendo a pedazos
I am falling apart.
Loco por verme mujer
Crazy to see myself as your man.
Añoñado entre tus brazos
Cuddled in your arms.
Así.
Like this.
Quizás porque pobre soy
Maybe because I am poor.
Tú no me podrás querer
You won't be able to love me.
Culpable yo no soy
I am not guilty.
También rico quiero ser
I also want to be rich.
Te dicen que no me quieras
They tell you not to love me.
Qué el pobre no vale nada
That the poor are worth nothing.
Pero no olvides mujer
But don't forget, my dear.
Qué los pobres también aman
That the poor also love.
Soy un pobre diablo y así te amo, así te amo siendo un pobre diablo
I am a poor devil, and that's how I love you. I love you, even though I am a poor devil.
Writer(s): Reyes-polanco Teodoro
Contributed by Kylie N. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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