Mariachi Lyrics Archive
Amor Prohibido (Con Mariachi)
The whole world said they were from different worlds. They loved each other anyway. Amor Prohibido is Selena's most defiant declaration.
About the Song
Amor Prohibido is one of Selena Quintanilla's most beloved songs, released in 1994 on the album of the same name. The song was inspired by the true story of a wealthy rancher who fell in love with a poor girl — a Romeo and Juliet theme embedded in Mexican-American cultural experience. Mariachi Hijas De Jalisco's recording honors Selena's Tejano legacy by returning the song to the mariachi context, connecting her border-crossing music back to its Mexican roots. The song remains an anthem for any love that crosses social boundaries.
Meaning of the Song
Amor Prohibido is a declaration of war against every voice that says certain people don't belong together. Class, status, society's whispers — Selena named them all and refused them all. What makes this song timeless is its combination of vulnerability and defiance: how unjust is love, to put so much pride on one side and so much feeling on the other. Mariachi Hijas De Jalisco sings it with the same fire Selena brought to it, because the injustice hasn't changed.
Lyrics / Letra
Con unas ansias locas
Quiero verte hoy
Espero ese momento
En que escuche tu voz
Y cuando al fin
Estemos juntos los dos
Que importa que diran
Tu padre y tu mama
Aqui solo importa nuesto amor
Te quiero
Amor prohibido murmuran por las calles
Porque somos de distintas sociedades
Amor prohibido nos dice todo el mundo
El dinero no importa en ti ni en mi
Ni en el corazon oh, oh baby
Aunque soy pobre
Todo esto que te doy
Vale mas que el dinero
Porque si es amor
Y cuando al fin
Estemos juntos los dos
Que importa que dira
Tambien la sociedad
Aqui solo importa nuestro amor
Te quiero
Amor prohibido murmuran por las calles
Porque somos de distintas sociedades
Amor prohibido nos dice todo el mundo
El dinero no importa en ti ni en mi
Ni en el corazon oh, oh baby
Amor prohibido murmuran por las calles
Porque somos de distintas sociedades
Amor prohibido nos dice todo el mundo
El dinero no importa en ti ni en mi
Ni en el corazon oh, oh baby
Quiero verte hoy
Espero ese momento
En que escuche tu voz
Y cuando al fin
Estemos juntos los dos
Que importa que diran
Tu padre y tu mama
Aqui solo importa nuesto amor
Te quiero
Amor prohibido murmuran por las calles
Porque somos de distintas sociedades
Amor prohibido nos dice todo el mundo
El dinero no importa en ti ni en mi
Ni en el corazon oh, oh baby
Aunque soy pobre
Todo esto que te doy
Vale mas que el dinero
Porque si es amor
Y cuando al fin
Estemos juntos los dos
Que importa que dira
Tambien la sociedad
Aqui solo importa nuestro amor
Te quiero
Amor prohibido murmuran por las calles
Porque somos de distintas sociedades
Amor prohibido nos dice todo el mundo
El dinero no importa en ti ni en mi
Ni en el corazon oh, oh baby
Amor prohibido murmuran por las calles
Porque somos de distintas sociedades
Amor prohibido nos dice todo el mundo
El dinero no importa en ti ni en mi
Ni en el corazon oh, oh baby
English Translation
They say distance is forgetting
but I don't accept that reason
because despite being far from you
not for a single instant will I forget you
According to the world I don't deserve you
we will always be you and I against the world
if we go on unfulfilled
we'll never know what could have been
Forbidden love they whisper in the streets
because we are from different societies
forbidden love the whole world tells us
but you and I love each other despite everything
How unjust is love
on one side there is so much pride
on the other there is so much love
but I don't accept that reason
because despite being far from you
not for a single instant will I forget you
According to the world I don't deserve you
we will always be you and I against the world
if we go on unfulfilled
we'll never know what could have been
Forbidden love they whisper in the streets
because we are from different societies
forbidden love the whole world tells us
but you and I love each other despite everything
How unjust is love
on one side there is so much pride
on the other there is so much love
