Nube de Hielo translated as "Ice Cloud" is a traditional melody created by the Canarian composer Benito Cabrera. The song appeared for the first time published on the album «Notas de Viaje» in 1998, and since then it has been covered many times. The Canarians show a great of affection for this song, being deeply rooted in the Canary Islands.
Nube de Hielo is an instrumental melody that has no lyrics really. Although the composer Andrés Molina wrote a letter and Chago Melián is the singer who has sung it more frequently. According to the own Benito Cabrera, the song is inspired by the Teide, especially in the sound of the silence that he found in this place.
The song expresses feelings of isolation, melancholy and nostalgia present in the hearts of the Canaries, which arose after decades of emigration to America, in addition to the sentimentality carried by the peninsulars who emigrated to the islands centuries ago, all of this helping to generate a atmosphere that, as in the case of Portuguese or Galician folklore, impregnated with saudade, constitutes a perceptible background emotionality in Canarian society in very varied ways.
Nube de Hielo was part of the Teide National Park declaration file as a World Heritage Site in 2007.
Lyrics Te dibujo en un papel, Pintando sombras al mar Nube que me vio nacer, También me viste marchar La distancia duele más; si atrás quedo lo mejor Como un niño sin jugar, como una triste canción
Te dibujo en un papel, y sueño con regresar Tan cerca te vi ayer, y hoy miro al cielo y no estas
No respira el viento igual, cuando te alejas del sur Si no tiene olor a sal, la nube no serás tú
Nube de hielo en la cumbre del ancho mar Nube el silencio que puedes montar Mi juventud, mi adolescencia, y mi edad de jugar Tu veras como mi vida se ira
No respira el viento igual, Cuando te alejas del sur Si no tiene olor a sal, La nube no serás tú
Nube de hielo en la cumbre del ancho mar Nube el silencio que puedes montar Mi juventud, mi adolescencia, y mi edad de jugar Tu veras como mi vida se ira
Nube de hielo en la cumbre del ancho mar Nube el silencio que puedes montar Mi juventud, mi adolescencia, y mi edad de jugar Tu verás como mi vida se irá Junto al mar mi vida se irá…
Literal English translation
I draw you on paper, painting shadows to the sea Cloud that saw me born, you also saw me leave Distance hurts more; if the best is left behind Like a child without playing, like a sad song
I draw you on a piece of paper, and I dream of returning I saw you so close yesterday, and today I look at the sky and you're not here
The wind does not breathe the same, when you move away from the south If it doesn't smell of salt, the cloud won't be you
Cloud of ice on the top of the wide sea Cloud the silence you can ride My youth, my adolescence, and my playing age You will see how my life will go
The wind does not breathe the same, when you move away from the south If it doesn't smell of salt, the cloud won't be you
Cloud of ice on the top of the wide sea Cloud the silence you can ride My youth, my adolescence, and my playing age You will see how my life will go
Cloud of ice on the top of the wide sea Cloud the silence you can ride My youth, my adolescence, and my playing age You will see how my life will go By the sea my life will go…
See also Other identity ballads Scarborough Fair, English traditional ballad. Waltzing Matilda, Australian traditional folk song.
References
External links Nube de Hielo in Youtube.