Anyone who meets me knows I love music. I love all types… ummm okay I love most types of music. For me its about the lyrics and what it is the artist is talking about or what message they are trying to convey. I love to dissect a song and its lyrics completely. Every Monday I want to post a song that either inspires me, makes me think about the world we live in, motivates me to always be who I am or may be something I was feeling at some point. It will be a great mix of different types of music and hope it will also do the same for you. I love to think that music captures what so many of us may be feeling or want to say, but don’t know how.
SONG – Toquen Mariachis Canten
ARTIST – Leo Dan
LYRICS –
Adiós, adiós, mi México lindo
mañana, mañana me iré,
adiós, adiós México querido,
yo nunca olvidarte podré.
Goodbye Goodbye my Mexico Lindo
Tomorrow Tomorrow I’ll leave
Goodbye Goodbye Dear Mexico
I’ll never be able to forget you
Toquen mariachis, canten
alegren mi corazón,
no quiero que nadie me vea triste
que nadie sepa de mi dolor.
Play mariachis sing
fill my heart with joy
I don’t want anyone to see me sad
for anyone to see me hurt.
Caminos que me esperan,
no me dejen sin volver,
porque aquí una madrecita buena
me está pidiendo me vaya bien.
Roads that are ahead
please let me return
because here a good mother
is wishing me well
Adiós, adiós mi México lindo
Mañana, mañana me iré
Adiós adiós México querido
Yo nunca olvidarte podré
Goodbye Goodbye my Mexico Lindo
Tomorrow Tomorrow I’ll leave
Goodbye Goodbye Dear Mexico
I’ll never be able to forget you
Fronteras, porque fronteras
si en mi música hay amor,
nadie podrá nunca en la idea
poner fronteras, tan sólo Dios.
Borders why borders
if my music is filled with love
no one will ever put borders on our thoughts
only god can put up borders
Toquen mariachis, canten,
que el mundo escuche su voz
porque mientras cante el mundo entero
no habrá mas guerras, sino canciones
Play mariachis sing
let the world hear your voice
because while the world sings together
there will be no more war only songs
LISTEN TO IT HERE – Toquen Mariachis Canten, Leo Dan
WHY I PICKED IT – This is one of my favorite songs in the world & my favorite song about Mexico. This song was written and sung by Argentinean singer Leo Dan. He came to Mexico and fell in love with it and was heart broken when he had to leave and because of that we now have this amazing song. If you read the lyrics you can see what an amazing song it is about Mexico, even if you don’t speak spanish give the song a listen… it’s beautiful. I picked this song because I think most of you know I am heading home tomorrow and am leaving my dear Mexico (for now). This song expresses everything I love about Music Monday he even mentions that if the world sung together there would be less wars. Of all the countries I visited so far Mexico is the one I spent the most time in (over a month). I didn’t think that was going to happen because it is a country I have been to a million times and know I can come back at any time in the future. I however was sucked in by the amazing people, amazing culture and amazing things to see & do here. It’s a huge country that one day I wanna come back too and spend a year exploring. It is a country I love to death not only because this is where both my parents are from, but because it truly is just a great country. I’m sad to be leaving Mexico, but am looking forward to going home.
I memorized this song my junior year of high school and the following year I took a school trip to Mexico and I heard it often. This is regarded as the national dance of Mexico and was composed in the 19th century.