Paloma Sin Nido
Amalia Mendoza Lyrics

Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴  Line by Line Meaning ↴No me importa tu vida pasada
No me importa tu vida presente
Si por ti me jugaba hasta el alma
Desafiando la vida y la muerte
Ya de plano no puedo quererte
Mejor te conviene olvidarte de mí

Terminaste mi amor en pedazos

Cual si fuera juguete de niño
Y hoy que quieres tenerme en tus brazos
No te cobro, tan solo te olvido

Si otra vez al correr de los años
Cara a cara nos pone el destino
Cruzaremos sin darnos la mano
Como dos que ni se han conocido

Cuando tantas y tantas te amaban
Ni un saludo cruzaste conmigo
Y hoy que vas por el mundo sin nada
Y te llaman "paloma sin nido"
De limosna me pides cariño
Pero ese cariño por ti se acabó

Terminaste mi amor en pedazos
Cual si fuera juguete de niños
Y hoy que quieres tenerme en tus brazos
No te cobro, tan solo te olvido

Si otra vez al correr de los años
Cara a cara nos pone el destino

Cruzaremos sin darnos la mano
Como dos que ni se han conocido

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of "Paloma Sin Nido" by Amalia Mendoza tell a story of a past love that has ended in heartbreak. The singer expresses that she does not care about her ex-lover's past or present life because she was willing to risk everything for them. However, now she cannot love them anymore and it is better for them to forget about her. She then describes how her heart was shattered by this person like a child's toy, and how this person now wants to be with her again. She says that she will not charge them for their past mistakes, but simply forget about them.

The singer also tells how this person had many other people who loved them, but they did not even acknowledge her existence at the time. Now that this person is alone, they ask for her love and affection as a beggar asks for alms. However, the singer's love for this person has ended, and she emphasizes this by repeating the line "terminaste mi amor en pedazos" (you ended my love in pieces) throughout the song. She concludes by stating that if they meet again in the future, they will pass each other without acknowledging their past relationship, just like two strangers.

Line by Line Meaning

No me importa tu vida pasada
I don't care about your past life

No me importa tu vida presente
I don't care about your present life

Si por ti me jugaba hasta el alma
I risked everything for you

Desafiando la vida y la muerte
Even facing danger of life and death

Ya de plano no puedo quererte
I can't love you anymore

Mejor te conviene olvidarte de mí
It's better for you to forget about me

Terminaste mi amor en pedazos
You broke my love into pieces

Cual si fuera juguete de niño
Like a child breaking a toy

Y hoy que quieres tenerme en tus brazos
And now you want to hold me in your arms

No te cobro, tan solo te olvido
I won't charge you, I just forget you

Si otra vez al correr de los años
If fate brings us face to face again

Cara a cara nos pone el destino
Destiny brings us face to face

Cruzaremos sin darnos la mano
We'll pass each other by without a handshake

Como dos que ni se han conocido
Like two strangers who have never met

Cuando tantas y tantas te amaban
When so many loved you

Ni un saludo cruzaste conmigo
You didn't even say hello to me

Y hoy que vas por el mundo sin nada
And now that you wander the world with nothing

Y te llaman "paloma sin nido"
And they call you "dove without a nest"

De limosna me pides cariño
You beg me for love like a beggar

Pero ese cariño por ti se acabó
But that love for you is gone now

Writer(s): Jaime Ignacio Penunuri

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