Celina Gonzalez is the queen of campesino (Guaracha) music. In this production both Celina and her son Reutilio record her very last recording before she became ill and was confined to sitting in a chair.
"Yo soy tu Amigo" I am your friend and you are hiding the facts from me. I am your friend and do not make me suffer so much...
Composed by Diosdado Carbonell and arranged by Orquesta America and interpreted by Reutilio Domínguez.
I am your friend, and you don't want to confide your secret in me; you prefer that doubt punish me, sinking its claws into my chest. I am your friend; I notice you are worried, indifferent, seeing that you have suddenly changed, admitting with pain that I have lost you. I am your friend, and dawn breaks, and I, the night; I don't want the mark of my last reproach to linger on your path. I am your friend, and I have no right to demand anything from you; you know that I am your faithful witness, pretending to be guilty to save you. I am your friend; a thousand thanks for the nights you have given me; please forget all the past because, despite everything, I am your friend. I am your friend, and dawn breaks, and I, the night; I don't want the mark of my last reproach to linger on your path. I am your friend, and I have no right to demand anything from you; you know that I am your faithful witness, pretending to be guilty to save you. I am your friend, thank you so much for the nights you have given me, please forget all the past because despite everything I am your friend.
Yo soy tu amigo
y no quieres confiarme
tu secreto,
prefieres que la duda me castigue
clavándome sus garras en el pecho
Yo soy tu amigo,
te noto preocupada indiferente,
al ver que tú has cambiado
de repente
admitido con dolor
que te he perdido.
Yo soy tu amigo
y se crece el alba, y yo la noche
no quiero que perdure en tu camino
la huella de mi último reproche.
Yo soy tu amigo
y no tengo derecho a reclamarte,
tú sabes que yo soy
tu fiel testigo
que finge ser culpable por salvarte
Yo soy tu amigo,
mil gracias
por las noches que me has dado,
olvida, por favor, todo el pasado
porque a pesar de todo,
soy tu amigo.
Yo soy tu amigo
y se crece el alba, y yo la noche
no quiero que perdure en tu camino
la huella de mi último reproche.
Yo soy tu amigo
y no tengo derecho a reclamarte,
tú sabes que yo soy
tu fiel testigo
que finge ser culpable por salvarte.
Yo soy tu amigo,
mil gracias
por las noches que me has dado,
olvida, por favor, todo el pasado
porque a pesar de todo
soy tu amigo.