Yahir Othón Parra, commonly known as Yahir, is a Mexican singer and actor f… Read Full Bio ↴Yahir Othón Parra, commonly known as Yahir, is a Mexican singer and actor from Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. He began his career as one of the participants in the music reality show "La Academia" in 2002 and in addition to Yuridia, also from Hermosillo, is one of the most popular stars to come from the show.

His first hit single was a cover of Italian singer Tiziano Ferro's biggest hit in Mexico, "Alucinado", taken from his first album "Yahir" in 2003. His next album, "Otra Historia De Amor" in 2004 produced the hit single "La Locura". In 2005, Yahir decided to make a tribute album to Brazilian singer Roberto Carlos with the entire album being comprised of covers of Carlos' hits. This album was titled "No Te Apartes De Mi" (2005) and had a hit single in the title track. In 2006, Yahir recorded his fourth album "Con El Alma Entre Las Manos..." which produced two hit singles: "Maldito Amor" and "El Amor". This was followed by a greatest hits album "Recuerdos" in 2007, and a new studio album "Elemental" in 2009.

La Distancia
Yahir Lyrics

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Ah, no, no, oh
Nunca más oíste tú, hablar de mi
En cambio yo seguí, pensando en ti
De todo esa nostalgia que quedo
Tanto tiempo ya paso y nunca te olvide

Cuantas veces yo pensé en volver
Y decir que de mi amor nada cambio

Pero mi silencio fue mayor
Y en la distancia muero día a día
Sin saberlo tú

El resto de ese nuestro amor quedo
Muy lejos olvidado para ti
Viviendo en el pasado aun estoy
Aunque todo ya cambio se que no te olvidaré

Cuantas veces yo pensé en volver
Y decir que de mi amor nada cambio
Pero mi silencio fue mayor
Y en la distancia muero día a día
Sin saberlo tu

Pensé dejar de amarte de una vez
Fue algo tan difícil para mí
Si alguna vez mi amor piensas en mí
Ten presente al recordar que nunca te olvide

Cuantas veces yo pensé en volver
Y decir que de mi amor nada cambio
Pero mi silencio fue mayor
Y en la distancia muero día a día
Sin saberlo tu, oh, no

Pero mi silencio fue mayor
Y en la distancia muero día a día

Sin saberlo tu, ooh, no yeah
Oh, uh, sin saberlo tu

Overall Meaning

The song "La Distancia" by Yahir is a heart-wrenching composition that speaks about unrequited love and the pain of not being able to let go of someone who has moved on. The opening verse sets the tone of the song by stating that the subject of the song (presumably the person the singer is addressing) has forgotten about the singer, but the singer has been unable to forget about them. The nostalgia that the singer feels is palpable as he reminisces about the times they had together and how he has been unable to move on even though a lot of time has passed.

In the chorus, the singer admits that he has thought about going back to his love interest and telling them that his love for them has remained steadfast, but he has been too silent to do so. He has been gradually dying in the distance with the pain of unrequited love, whereas his love interest is unaware of his feelings. The second verse further emphasizes the singer's inability to move on and how their love is still alive in the singer's memories. He knows that everything has changed but he will never be able to forget about them.

The bridge of the song highlights how difficult the singer has found it to stop loving his love interest, despite all the pain that it has caused him. He implores them to remember that he has never forgotten about them, and even if they never knew his true feelings, he has always held on to his love for them.

Overall, "La Distancia" is a moving song that speaks to the painful reality of unrequited love and how difficult it can be to move on from someone who has moved on from you.

Line by Line Meaning

Ah, no, no, oh
Exclamation of exasperation and sorrow

Nunca más oíste tú, hablar de mi
You never heard talk of me again

En cambio yo seguí, pensando en ti
I, on the other hand, kept thinking about you

De todo esa nostalgia que quedo
All the nostalgia that remained

Tanto tiempo ya paso y nunca te olvide
So much time has passed and I never forgot you

Cuantas veces yo pensé en volver
How many times I thought about coming back

Y decir que de mi amor nada cambio
And say that nothing changed about my love

Pero mi silencio fue mayor
But my silence was greater

Y en la distancia muero día a día
And in the distance, I die day by day

Sin saberlo tú
Without you knowing

El resto de ese nuestro amor quedo
The rest of our love remained