Estrella en el oriente

Ipalnemoani Toyolotatzin at Circulo de cantos Porto Alegre

This is a track I really love from Leyla The Band. If you don’t know Turkish, I highly suggest you to check the translation of the lyrics. It’s really emotional.

Yokluğunda (Leyla The Band) Cover- Beyza Ecevit

06 Inti Sol

Rezo a los rumbos

Machi

Volaremos como aguilas.m4a

Hueyana io wana yana yawinó

I wrote this song in 2007, it has been interpreted by different musicians who made their own versions and even changed some of the original lyrics to make it more romantic or folkloric, thanks to the music of Koguiwa, Cumbe, Warmi and Veronica Arcila for making such beautiful covers of this song (unfortunately I don’t have recordings of those versions). In 2017 (10 years after composing this song)I asked a dear friend Layla Kamlani to sing it and record it as I composed it with the original music and lyrics, she did it amazingly in one take that I love. 

The lyrics talk about the nostalgic feeling of the indigenous people and farmers in my country (Colombia)that have to abandoned their land to survive the war, terratenientes (paramilitaries) and the big companies taking over their territories; this song is about healing and about bringing your heart back to the waters of the land to be healed.

An homage to my ancestors, Indigenous people and farmers of Colombia!

Thank you Layla for understanding my feelings with this song and made them real with your voice, for respecting the meaning and the offering to my land!


Yo llevo by Nadja Lopez-Vargas©


Yo llevo, yo llevo, llevo mi corazón x2

LLevo mi corazón a las aguas de aquel rio
para curar las penas de aquellos que se han ido
Llevo el corazón a que borre mi pasado
de todo lo que quise y la vida se ha llevado

Yo llevo, yo llevo llevo mi corazón x2

El alma de mis ancestros, sembrada en esa tierra
de ellos no me olvido el recuerdo se me queda
si pudiera dejar, mi corazón en el rio
y vivir en mi Tierra como cuando era niño

Yo llevo, yo llevo, llevo mi corazon x4

©Copyright - registered in 2007

Picture: Caño Cristales - Rio de los 7 Colores Colombia - La Macarena (Meta -Colombia) - The 7 colors river

Yo llevo mi corazon

Yo llevo mi Corazon - by Nadja Lopez-Vargas (singing and guitar: Layla Kamlani)

Disco grabado en Spazi Sonori Studio 1998. Livorno Italia. Musica prehispanica Mexica.

12 Mazatzin 1

Y que caiga el Agüita del cielo - Lenin Córdova G- Agüita Sagrada

I write songs and poetry, I am from Colombia and live in UK. I have 2 beautiful children. I love yoga, cooking and found love for baking during the pandemic. I used to dance professionally, not any more. I follow the shamanic path, love planting trees, flowers and vegetables specially maize. I particularly write medicine songs that I will be posting soon. Love. Nadja

Yo llevo mi Corazon - by Nadja Lopez-Vargas (singing and guitar: Layla Kamlani)

Nadja Lopez-Vargas (EtherSpes)

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