One of the most internationally known pieces of the bolero genre repertoire is "Total", a song inspired by a woman that its author saw only once and in a fleeting way, the one who never knew that it had been the inspiration for one of the most popular songs. versions in the American continent, which begins like this: »Pretending to humiliate me, you proclaimed / that you had scorned my passion / and feigning a deep sorrow you imagined / that I would die of despair».
Ricardo García Perdomo, its author, was Cuban and had been born in Santa Clara one hundred years ago - well, in reality the centenary was exactly last April 20, since he was born in 1917 -, since he was a child he lived with his parents in La Perla del Sur, Cienfuegos and in 1942 he moved to reside in Havana, where he studied and lived until 1991, when he left for the United States in search of being able to obtain payment of his copyright, which he never succeeded, until the Death surprised him, in a small room in Miami Beach, surrounded by newspaper clippings and memories of his successes, on September 13, 1996
«Total»
Ricardo Garcia Perdomo
Pretendiendo humillarme pregonaste
el haber desdeñado mi pasion
y fingiendo una honda pena imaginaste
que moriria de desesperacion
Total, si me hubieras querido
ya me hubiera olvidado de tu querer
ya ves que fue tiempo perdido
el que tu meditaste
para ahora decirme que no puedes ser
Pensar que llegar a quererte
es creer que la muerte
se pudiera evitar
Total, si no tengo tus besos
no me muero por eso
ya yo estoy cansado de tanto besar
vivi sin conocerte, puedo vivir sin ti
Fuente: https://notaclave.com/cien-anos-despues-nacer-compositor-del-bolero-total/
"Total"
Ricardo Garcia Perdomo
Pretending to humiliate me you proclaimed
having scorned my passion
and feigning a deep sorrow you imagined
who would die of despair
Total, if you had loved me
I would have already forgotten your love
you see it was wasted time
the one that you meditated
for now to tell me that you can't be
Thinking that getting to love you
is to believe that death
it could be avoided
Total, if I don't have your kisses
I'm not dying for that
I'm already tired of kissing so much
I lived without knowing you, I can live without you
Source:
https://notaclave.com/cien-anos-despues-nacer-compositor-del-bolero-total/
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