Tlen-Huicani, which means "the singers" in the indigenous Indian language of Nahuatl, has taken the beautiful "harpa jarocha" or folk harp, and has made it the centerpiece of their music.
Founded in 1973, the group was named best folk group in Mexico by the union of music and theater critics. Group director, Alberto de la Rosa, is one of the most respected musicians in all of Mexico, and is considered among the most outstanding folk harpists in the world. In 2003 the group celebrated another landmark, when they completed 30 years of unforgettable music.
With all the many types of music the group has mastered, a program or recording of Tlen-Huicani is like taking a musical journey through Mexico and South America.
What the World Is Saying about Tlen-Huicani
"Your ability and musical execution you expressed through your art produced enthusiastic comments and much adulation both from the Mexican and Panamanian audiences which you delighted with the songs of our land and other sister countries of Latin America"
-- Guadalupe de Altamar, President, Mexican-Panamanian Women Association
"Among the great artistic values of Veracruz and Mexico, especially in folklorico music, Alberto de la Rosa stands out."
-- Xalapa Diario
". . .to the director and members of Tlen-Huicani, our sincere thanks for your very successful performance, by the best Jarocho group in Mexico"
-- Amparo Ortiz, San Antonio Parks Foundation
"I would like to congratulate you on the excellent musical representation which Mexico received through your performance at the Fourth Rochas Harp Festival, celebrated in Asuncion, Paraguay. . ."
-- Francisco Correa Villalobos, Mexican Ambassador to Paraguay
La Malagueña
Tlen Huicani Lyrics
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Besar tus labios quisiera
Besar tus labios quisiera
Malagueña salerosa
Besar tus labios quisiera
Besar tus labios quisiera
Que eres linda y hechicera
Eres linda y hechicera
Si en Malaga tú naciste
Pero aquí te conocí
Pero aquí te conocí
Si en Malaga tú naciste
Pero aquí te conocí
Pero aquí te conocí
Recordarás que dijiste
Que tú me amabas a mí
Ahora vivo solo y triste
Con los ojos que anunciabas
que me amabas tiernamente
Que me amabas tiernamente
Con los ojos que anunciabas
Que me amabas tiernamente
Que me amabas tiernamente
Ingrata me traicionabas
Cuando de tí estaba ausente
Cuando de tí estaba ausente
The song "La Malagueña" by Tlen Huicani is a love song filled with passion and longing. The lyrics speak of a desire to kiss the lips of a beautiful woman from Malaga, Spain, and to tell her how enchanting and lovely she is. The singer reminisces about a time when the woman professed her love for him, and now he is left alone and sad, with only memories of her eyes that once showed tenderness and love, but now betray him with her infidelity.
The song is full of contradictory emotions - love and pain, happiness and sorrow, hope and despair. The singer expresses his desire to be with the woman he loves, but at the same time, he knows she has betrayed him, and he is left alone with his longing. The repetition of the phrase "Besar tus labios quisiera" (I want to kiss your lips) throughout the song emphasizes the singer's deep longing for the woman he loves.
Line by Line Meaning
Malagueña salerosa
Oh charming lady from Malaga
Besar tus labios quisiera
I wish to kiss your lips
Besar tus labios quisiera
I wish to kiss your lips
Y decirte niña hermosa
And tell you, beautiful girl
Que eres linda y hechicera
That you are charming and lovely
Eres linda y hechicera
You are charming and lovely
Si en Malaga tú naciste
If you were born in Malaga
Pero aquí te conocí
But I met you here
Pero aquí te conocí
But I met you here
Recordarás que dijiste
Do you remember when you said
Que tú me amabas a mí
That you loved me
Ahora vivo solo y triste
Now I live alone and sad
Con los ojos que anunciabas
With the eyes that promised
que me amabas tiernamente
That you loved me tenderly
Que me amabas tiernamente
That you loved me tenderly
Con los ojos que anunciabas
With the eyes that promised
Ingrata me traicionabas
You ungratefully betrayed me
Cuando de tí estaba ausente
When I was absent from you
Contributed by Riley K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.