Contigo (With You) was the first song by the Spanish singer songwriter Rosana recommended to me, but it is the third so far presented here after Llegaremos a Tiempo and Pa´ ti no Estoy. It comes from Rosana’s second album Luna Nueva (New Moon) where it is said most the songs emerged from ‘magical nights’. This pop/acoustic genre album is a mature and deep album that maintains the freshness, naturalness and feeling which characterise Rosana. It was recorded in Miami, Spain and Italy. The album entered directly at number 1 in sales in Spain and Latin America, and sold 1,600000 copies.
As you can read from the lyrics below, this song has an alluring essence and great romanticism. Rosana has never abandoned this authentic yet simple style or been corrupted by new trends. Also, what a beautiful voice, so sweet, so tender. Contigo (With You) is a heartfelt song which describes the pure love we all long for and dream of, even if it never comes to us.
A crude English translation follows:
all the salt
all the sugar
all the wine
all my life, I only wish
to live it with you
all the light
all the dark
everything I write
All the way, I burn with desires
to walk it with you
With your love, I feel calm
And on the river bank
Your heat grabs me and fills me
The soul of light and dew
With your love I feel like
In the five senses
And you take me so far, that I barely
remember where we come from
all the heat
all the clouds
All the cold
All the rain, I burn with desires
to get wet with you
All the love
all the memory
Everything I forget
All the silence become songs
sleeping with you
All the flavor
All the perfume
Everything I long for
All the seas, I only wish
Browse them with you
Everything without more
I also ask for eternity
Life or punishment, I only wish to have it with you
Life or punishment, I only wish to drink it with you
Life or punishment, I only wish to die with you!
Rosana (Rosana Arbelo Gopar) was born in Lanzarote, Canary Islands. She is the youngest in a family of eight siblings. At 5 years old her father gave her her first guitar and at 8 she composed her first song. At age 20 she moved to Madrid where she studied harmony and guitar. At the beginning of 1996 and encouraged by her friends, she decided to sing her own compositions herself and sent a demo to MCA, where she got a record contract. Her natural talent for composing and performing songs made her one of the most successful Spanish music artists of the 90’s.
References:
1. Rosana – Wikipedia
2. Luna nueva (álbum de Rosana) – Wikipedia
“The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realize, the less I know.”- Michel Legrand
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Lovely voice…
I like it too. It’s not my favourite by her so far. That would be ‘Llegaremos a Tiempo’. It’s well worth a listen. I hope this message finds you well mate.
Been kinda rough lately Matt but I get through. Hope you are doing well. I will have to check that song out..
We are in the same boat then.
You seen Dune 2?
It’s a good song up to about 3 minutes.
Going to see it, haven’t yet. That video is interesting…..
See it if it’s still showing. It’s spectacular.