Camaron – La luz de aquella farola
José Monge Cruz better known as “Camaron de la Isla” was born in San Fernando, Cadiz in 1950. With only sixteen years he started his career like singer. But he since he was a children wanted to be a bullfighter.
In the peak of his career he gets in the drug world. More later he suffer cancer. For this reason he dies in 1992 in Badalona, Spain. One of the amazing things is that this singer was singing until his death and severely affected by cancer.
Camaron has been the best singer in the history of flamenco.
This song describes the suffering of Camaron to get the love of a lady.
Lyrics:
La luz de aquella farola
era la luz de mi alma,
compañera de la espera
y el reflejo de mi calma.
Era una noche de invierno
tu ventana yo miraba,
grandes locuras de amarte
por mis sentidos pasaban.
Quiero quitarme esta pena,
Me hiere cuando estalla
Porque no tengo el alma hecha a la pena,
Y mi cuerpo no se halla.
No son mis ojos sin los tuyos,
Dos cuencas vacías solitarias,
No se que es de mi boca sin tu aliento,
Solo el calor de tu sangre,
Ay vida mía, es lo que yo siento.
En las noches de frio y viento
Por mar yo naufrago
Y ya no volveré a verte,
Me iré muriendo despacio
Si no puedo yo tenerte.
Y yo creí que tu cuerpo era mío,
Pero te fuiste en silencio
Como el agua de los ríos.
Lai lololai lololailo…