Laberinto

from Laberinto (EP) by OKAN

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The first song that Elizabeth Rodriguez wrote after immigrating to Canada from Cuba, while experiencing what was her first long, hard Canadian winter. The track quotes a verse from a classic Cuban piece by Trio Matamoros called Olvido or “forgotten,” that speaks of the suffering of being far from loved ones. Laberinto is an exploration of the challenges of immigration and the inevitable longing for home.

lyrics

LABERINTO
Aunque quiera olvidarme
Ha de ser imposible
Porque eternos recuerdos
Tendra siempre de mi
Mis caricias seran
El fantasma terrible
De lo mucho que sufro
De lo mucho que sufro alejado de ti.

Deje atras las olas
El verano sin fin
Deje sin pensar
Una parte de mi
Lo que nunca pense que me fuera a servir.

Atras ha quedado
El beso plantado
La noche nublada que quise borrar
El beso mas profundo
El centro de mi mundo
Y nacieron las alas y empece a volar
Sin mas equipaje que plena esperanza
Y a una nueva aventura me quise lanzar

Mas todo fue imposible
Pues no puedo olvidar.

Aunque quiera olvidarme...
Even if she wants to forget me
It must be impossible
Because eternal memories
She will always have from me
My caresses will be
The terrible ghost
How much I suffer
How much I suffer away from you.

I've left the waves behind
The endless summer
I've left without thinking
A part of me
What I never thought would serve me.

English Translation
In the past resides
The planted kiss
The cloudy night that I wanted to erase
The deepest kiss
The center of my world
And the wings were born and I started to fly
No more luggage but the hope
And to a new adventure I wanted to launch

But everything was impossible
Well I can not forget.

Even if she wants to forget me.....

credits

from Laberinto (EP), released October 19, 2018
Written by Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne

Elizabeth Rodriguez: vocals, violin
Magdelys Savigne: vocals, percussion
Roberto Riveron: electric bass
Danae Olano: piano

Produced by Roberto Riveron

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OKAN Toronto, Ontario

Taking their name from the word for heart/soul in the Afro Cuban religion Santeria, OKAN co-leaders, composers and multi- instrumentalists Elizabeth Rodriguez and Magdelys Savigne enthusiastically embrace Cuban genres and musical roles that have historically been dominated by men and create a distinctive and personal world jazz fusion. ... more