"Presentimiento" (1924)
En route Mexico City, the bolero arrived in the Yucatan, where it became known as "bolero Yucateco," played in a style known as "trova Yucateca." These sub-genres remained relatively faithful to the Cuban styles. Emilio Pacheco of Campeche was one songwriter of bolero Yucateco. "Presentimiento" is one of his better-known songs, which he composed in 1924.
| Sin saber que existias, te deseaba, antes de conocerte, te adiviné. Llegaste en el momento que te esperaba, no hubo sorpresa alguna cuando te hallé. El día que cruzaste por mi camino, tuve el presentimiento de algo fatal. Esos ojos, me dije, son mi destino, y esos brazos morenos son mi dogal. | Without knowing you existed, I desired you, Before meeting you, I imagined you You arrived in that moment In which I waited There was no surprise When I found you The day that you crossed Through my path I had the foreboding sensation Of some fatal occurrence Those eyes, I told myself Are my destiny And those brown arms Are my noose |
Below is a cover version by Trio Los Panchos, released in 1962.
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