Mi Viaje de Mexico

Música Ranchera

(Mexican Country Music - Literally 'Ranch Music')

Most everyone is familiar with the Mariachi music of Mexico. Ranchera (pronounced rahn-'cheh-rah) music is very similar, except it is performed by a solo singer who is accompanied by a Mariachi band. (Normally, the Mariachis all sing together when they perform.) The ranchera singer also usually wears a charro suit, like the Mariachis wear. Ranchera music is very popular in Mexico. Some famous ranchera singers that are popular in Mexico are Vicente Fernández and Alejandro Fernández. When we stopped at an outdoor restaurant in Guadalajara, they had live entertainment which included dancers, followed by a ranchera singer named Rigo Rubiales. After he finished singing, he came around to the tables selling his CDs. So I got to meet him and have my picture taken with him. Afterwards, my friend told me that Rigo's music had been played on the radio, and that he had appeared on TV in Mexico. So he is a rising ranchera star there! Below is our picture together, and a link to one of the songs from Rigo's CD. I have also included the lyrics of the song, as well as a translation below. Rigo and I have e-mailed each other since I returned from my trip, and I use his song here with his permission.

Click here to listen to "En Tu Pelo" sung by Rigo Rubiales.

(You will need Windows Media Player, or another MP3 player, to hear the song.)

Gracias, Rigo, por tu amistad y tu música. Esta es mi canción favorita de tu CD.

En Tu Pelo

In Your Hair

En tu pelo tengo yo el cielo,
En tus brazos, el calor del sol.
En tus ojos tengo luz de luna,
Y en tus lagrimas, sabor de mar.
En tu boca hay un panal de mieles.
En tu aliento, escucho ya tu voz.
Por tus ojos y tu boca,
Por tus brazos y tu pelo,
por tus lagrimas y voz, me muero.

Y tu, eres todo lo que anhelé,
Y yo por eso, me enamore.
Siento campanitas muy
adentro del corazon.

En tu pelo tengo yo el cielo,
En tus brazos el calor del sol.
En tus ojos tengo luz de luna,
Y en tus lagrimas, sabor de mar.
En tu boca hay un panal de mieles.
En tu aliento, escucho ya tu voz.
Por tus ojos y tu boca,
Por tus brazos y tu pelo,
por tus lagrimas y voz, me muero.

Y tu, eres todo lo que anhelé,
Y yo por eso, me enamore.
Siento campanitas muy
adentro del corazon.

En tu pelo tengo yo el cielo,
En tus brazos el calor del sol.
Por tus ojos y tu boca,
Por tus brazos y tu pelo,
por tus lagrimas y voz, me muero.

In your hair I have the sky,
In your arms, the heat of the sun.
In your eyes I have light of the moon,
And in your tears, flavor of the sea.
In your mouth there is a honeycomb of honeys.
In your breath, I already listen to your voice.
By your eyes and your mouth,
By your arms and your hair,
by your tears and voice, I die.

And you, you are everything that I yearned for,
And for that reason, I fell in love.
I feel little bells (in the) very
inside of the heart.

In your hair I have the sky,
In your arms, the heat of the sun.
In your eyes I have light of the moon,
And in your tears, flavor of the sea.
In your mouth there is a honeycomb of honeys.
In your breath, I already listen to your voice.
By your eyes and your mouth,
By your arms and your hair,
by your tears and voice, I die.

And you, you are everything that I yearned for,
And for that reason, I fell in love.
I feel little bells (in the) very
inside of the heart.

In your hair I have the sky,
In your arms, the heat of the sun.
By your eyes and your mouth,
By your arms and your hair,
by your tears and voice, I die.

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