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Querida (Con Mariachi)

He let her go before he understood what she was. Querida is Juan Gabriel asking absence to simply let him know she's well.

About the Song

Querida is a contemporary mariachi interpretation of one of Juan Gabriel's most beloved ballads, composed in the late 1970s and recorded with mariachi arrangement in the 1980s. Juan Gabriel — El Divo de Juárez — revolutionized Mexican popular music by writing songs of emotional directness that the mariachi tradition could hold with particular authority. Mariachi Nuevo Real's version honors this tradition of El Divo's music living most fully in the ensemble that gave it its greatest power: full brass, strings, and the voice of longing that Juan Gabriel understood better than anyone.

Meaning of the Song

Querida is Juan Gabriel talking to absence. Not to the person — the person is gone — but to the space they left, which has its own presence, its own weight. Every day without her is counted. The best thing he ever had, and he let it go before understanding what it was. Mariachi Nuevo Real performs this confession with the warmth that Juan Gabriel always demanded: this is not self-pity, it's recognition. Too late, but real.

Lyrics / Letra

Querida
Cada momento de mi vida
Yo pienso en ti más cada día
Mira mi soledad, mira mi soledad
Que no me sienta nada bien, oh ven ya
Querida
No me ha sanado bien la herida
Te extraño y lloro todavía
Mira mi soledad, mira mi soledad
Que no me sienta nada bien, oh ven ya
Querida
Piensa en mi sólo un momento y ven
Date cuenta de que el tiempo es cruel
Y lo he pasado yo sin ti, oh ven ya
Querida
Hazlo por quien más quieras tú
Yo quiero ver de nuevo luz
En todo mi casa, oh, oh
Querida
Ven a mí que estoy sufriendo
Ven a mí que estoy muriendo
En esta soledad, en esta soledad
Que no me sienta nada bien, ven
Querida
Por lo que quieras tú más ven
Más compasión de mí tú ten
Mira mi soledad, mira mi soledad
Que no me sienta nada bien
Querida, querida
Dime cuándo tú, dime cuándo tú
Dime cuándo tú vas a volver, ah, ah
Dime cuándo tú, dime cuándo tú
Dime cuándo tú vas a volver
Querida
Querida
Dime cuándo tú, dime cuándo tú
Dime cuándo tú vas a volver, ah, ah
Dime cuándo tú, dime cuándo tú
Dime cuándo tú vas a volver
Tú, ven a mi soledad

Yo no puedo dime que no puedo olvidar
Dime cuándo tú, ey, tú
Dime cuándo tú, ey, tú

English Translation

Dear one
how I've missed you
all this time without you
has been an eternity

Dear one
there isn't a day that passes
that I don't think of you
that I don't need you

You were the best thing
that ever happened to me
and I let you go
without understanding

Querida
come back to me
or let me at least know
that you are well

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