Joaquín Sabina Y Sin Embargo | Infidelity never sounded so good
Joaquín Sabina’s masterpiece is a mixture of love and heartbreak, of utopia and reality, of desire and despair, a copla turned into pop, a song turned into eternity. This is the story of ‘Y Sin Embargo’ by the poet Joaquín Sabina.
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Joaquín Sabina is one of the greatest artists of Spanish Pop, and he owes it all to his compositions, lyrics that transcend any musical genre, any time period and any critical view.
Sabina speaks in verse about everyday life, making us all feel identified with the stories he tells. This is exactly what happens with ‘Y Sin Embargo‘, a song that speaks of love ❣️, of needing the other person, but also of the tedium and routine that many relationships enter over the years, as well as the search for an escape.
‘Y Sin Embargo‘ is part of Sabina’s tenth album, ‘Yo, mi, me, contigo‘, released in 1996. In just one week it sold 80,000 copies and in just over 200,000, being No. 1 in all the charts.
Joaquín Sabina said:
I’ve spent four months in the studio because I’m becoming more and more perfectionist and I think I’m still affected by the Judeo-Christian idea that, for something to work, it has to cost me sweat and work.
Joaquín Sabina would release the song again in 2000, this time recorded live on the double CD, ‘Nos sobran los motivos’, returning to number 1 in the charts, which proves that it is an everlasting song.
‘Y sin embargo’, is the chronicle of a passionate and disloyal love, as well as the song that took Joaquín Sabina to the top of the musical universe. A true masterpiece and the favorite song of many Sabina fans.
Joaquín Sabina (Press Images)
Joaquin Sabina (Press Image)
The origin of ‘Y Sin Embargo’
Sabina said that the song talks about a woman who almost always goes to sleep with someone else. She comes and goes whenever she wants, making it impossible to cultivate a relationship with her. The protagonist feels like a fisherman who waits all day to see if his prey will bite.
Beyond the metaphors so typical of Joaquín Sabina, we could say that ‘Y Sin Embargo’ has its origin in the copla, but we are not talking about the genre, but about a particular song, the beautiful and famous copla by Quintero, León y Quiroga popularized by Conchita Piquer in the 40’s, ‘Y Sin Embargo Te Quiero‘.
In the copla it is a female who suffers because of her lover’s snubs, she is in love, but he is a weathervane.
Sabina changed the gender of the protagonist, maintaining the main theme. In ‘Y Sin Embargo‘ it is a man who lives tormented by the love of an irresistible and uncontrollable woman.
You can’t miss ⭐️ The best parts of Y Sin Embargo
1.- The first chords with the electric guitar and Sabina’s voice saying “eres la primera… por ti daría la vida entera (you are the first… for you I would give my whole life)”, it kills me!
2.- “Una casa sin ti es una emboscada (A house without you is an ambush)”. So begins the verse before the first refrain. Pure poetry.
3.- The chorus is Spanish-language music history. His fans chant it for minutes at every concert at the end of the song.
This is what it says | Y Sin Embargo Lyrics in English
JOAQUÍN SABINA | Y SIN EMBARGO | ORIGINAL LYRICS
De sobra sabes que eres la primera
Que no miento si juro que daría
Por ti la vida entera
Por ti la vida entera
Y sin embargo, un rato cada día
Ya ves
Te engañaría con cualquiera
Te cambiaría por cualquiera
Ni tan arrepentido, ni encantado
De haberme conocido, lo confieso
Tú que tanto has besado
Tú que me has enseñado
Sabes mejor que yo
Que hasta los huesos
Solo calan los besos que no has dado
Los labios del pecado
Porque una casa sin ti es una emboscada
El pasillo de un tren de madrugada
Un laberinto sin luz, ni vino tinto
Un velo de alquitrán en la mirada
Y me envenenan los besos que voy dando
Y sin embargo, cuando duermo sin ti
Contigo sueño
Y con todas si duermes a mi lado
Y si te vas, me voy por los tejados
Como un gato sin dueño
Perdido en el pañuelo de amargura
Que empaña sin mancharla tu hermosura
No debería contarlo y sin embargo
Cuando pido la llave de un hotel
Y a medianoche encargo
Un buen champán francés
Y cena con velitas para dos
Siempre es con otra, amor
Nunca contigo
Bien sabes lo que digo
Porque una casa sin ti es una oficina
Un teléfono ardiendo en la cabina
Una palmera en el museo de cera
Un éxodo de oscuras golondrinas
Y me envenenan los besos que voy dando
Y sin embargo, cuando duermo sin ti
Contigo sueño
Y con todas si duermes a mi lado
Y si te vas, me voy por los tejados
Como un gato sin dueño
Perdido en el pañuelo de amargura
Que empaña sin mancharla tu hermosuraY cuando vuelves, hay fiesta en la cocina
Y baile sin orquesta y ramos de rosas con espinas
Pero dos no es igual que uno más uno
Y el lunes, al café del desayuno
Vuelve la guerra fría
Y al cielo de tu boca, el purgatorio
Y al dormitorio, el pan de cada día
JOAQUÍN SABINA | Y SIN EMBARGO | ENGLISH LYRICS
You know for a fact that you’re the first
That I’m not lying if I swear that I would give
For you my whole life
For you my whole life
And yet, for a little while every day
You see
I’d cheat on you with anyone
I’d trade you for anyone
Not so sorry, not so glad
Of having known me, I confess
You who have kissed so much
You who have taught me
You know better than I
That to the bones
Only the kisses that you haven’t given will penetrate
The lips of sin
Because a house without you is an ambush
The corridor of a train at dawn
A labyrinth with no light, no red wine
A veil of tar in my eyes
And the kisses I’m giving poison me
And yet, when I sleep without you
With you I dream
And with all of you if you sleep by my side
And if you go away, I go over the rooftops
Like a cat without an owner
Lost in the handkerchief of bitterness
That tarnishes your beauty without tarnishing it
I shouldn’t tell it and yet
When I ask for a hotel key
And at midnight I order
A good French champagne
And a candlelit dinner for two
It’s always with someone else, love
Never with you
You know what I say
Because a house without you is an office
A phone burning in the phone booth
A palm tree in the wax museum
An exodus of dark swallows
And the kisses I’m giving poison me
And yet, when I sleep without you
With you I dream
And with all of you if you sleep by my side
And if you leave, I go over the rooftops
Like a cat without an owner
Lost in the handkerchief of bitterness
That tarnishes your beauty without staining itAnd when you come back, there’s a party in the kitchen
And dancing without orchestra and bouquets of roses with thorns
But two is not equal to one plus one
And on Monday, at breakfast coffee
The cold war returns
And to the heaven of your mouth, purgatory
And to the bedroom, the daily bread
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Joaquín Sabina & Mara Barros ‘Y Sin Embargo (And Yet)’
The most popular performance of Sabina singing ‘Y Sin Embargo’ is the one he did with Mara Barros in Buenos Aires. In it Mara sings the couplet ‘Y Sin Embargo Te Quiero‘ before Sabina starts with the song:
Joaquín Sabina has shared the stage with great artists singing ‘Y Sin Embargo’, among them:
- Olga Román
- Ana Belén
- Joan Manuel Serrat
- Vanesa Martin. Vanessa said:
It was a dream come true. Joaquín Sabina is a great guy, generous, and has written the most beautiful songs in the world. That was one of the most nervous times I’ve ever been in my life, my heart was pounding. But he came to the dressing room and told me: ‘We didn’t come here to suffer. At least you didn’t; I did, I’m attacked’.
The most outstanding versions of other artists are:
- Antonio Carmona, turned ‘Y Sin Embargo’ into a danceable rumba-salsa for the tribute album ‘De purísima y oro. Los flamencos cantan a Sabina’ in 2012.
- Dani Martín and Zahara made a version for another tribute album to the master called ‘Ni tan joven, ni tan viejo’, in 2019.
Technical Note | Joaquín Sabina ‘Y Sin Embargo’
🎼 The song is written in the key of E minor.
🎸The song is played with 2 guitars: The Spanish guitar is present during the whole song, and the electric guitar during the intro and the bridge.
- The intro chords are: Em – Bm7/D – Em – Bm7/D – Em – Bm7/D – Em
- The chorus chords are: G – C/G – G – C/G – G – F/G – C – Am7 – D – Am7 – Em – G – F/G – C – Am7 – C – D – Am7- C – B7
Joaquín Sabina ‘Y Sin Embargo’ (Album image)
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