Story Behind The Song
This song was inspired by my visit to the ruin's of Hernan Cortez' first house in the Americas, located near the city of Veracruz, Mexico. These fantastic and eerie ruins moved me to ponder the ominous implications of the last moments prior to the inevitable collision of the Old and New Worlds.
Song Description
Approximate Translation
Prelude To An Encounter
The lady whispers early in the morning:
"Don't leave! The earth is going to swallow you, and the Indian's arrow will find you."
He answers with laughter and self-assurance:
"But it is God himself who send us to find his lands and the gold which is buried there!"
The Indian woman breathes quietly in her sleep, as she dreams of the butterflies that she watched yesterday in her corn field.
Her man goes to the mountain to seek out prey. Nothing hints at the fact that, soon,
This land which he knows so well, will no longer be his.
Enchanted mermaid, mermaid of the sea:
Why did you guide the ships from the other world to bring them all the way here?
| Song Length |
3:04 |
Genre |
Latin - General |
| Language |
Spanish |
| |
Lyrics
PRELUDIO AL ENCUENTRO
(Author: Karin Stein, 1999)
Al son de mañana suspira la dama:
"No te me vayas, la tierra te traga y el ojo del indio te flechará."
Contesta su dueño, seguro y risueño:
"Es Dios quien nos manda a buscar sus tierras y el oro que allá mismo enterró."
Sirena encantada, sirena del mar,
¿Cómo es que guiaste los barcos del otro mundo hasta traerlos por acá?
La india respira tranquila y dormida,
Sueña con las mariposas que revoloteaban ayer en su maizal.
Su cholo va al monte tras danta y zenzonte,
Nada sugiere que pronto el campo tan suyo, suyo ya no será.
Sirena encantada, sirena del mar,
¿Cómo es que guiaste los barcos del otro mundo hasta traerlos por acá?