pan dormido? (at least it's what I'm hearing :)

Question

I've heard a beautiful song performed by María Dolores Pradera - Tu Tenias Veinte Años. As one may guess it's about an aging person who is admiring a much younger one... I tried to jet the lyrics down by hearing, and there was one part that did not make sence at all. It sounded like: "Hubo un dia que llegas trigo Como un niño Me pediste pan dormido". It's like a puzzle for me... Is this that the younger person is compared to a wheat that still will bring a harvest while an older person compares himself to a stale bread??? Or it's just my hearing? Maybe somebody could help me... Here is a link to this song on You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtt_jT73cqc Muchas gracias!

Answer 1

Ok this is driving me a bit crazy so I am bringing forward. I have listened to it a lot and I 'think' it says: Hubo un día en que llegaste querido, como un niño, un bebé, te (?) dormido Could it be 'te caí dormido'????

Sometimes you never know what was the correct lyrics until you see it written. I think this last version is very good. I could sing it like this :) Thank you very much! - Yanaty, Nov 26, 2010

Answer 2

Wouldn't it be 'pan bolillo' - just like a small baguette type bread....

... it'd sound extremely funny if it says "como un niño me pediste pan bolillo"... jajajaja - Tonyriva, Nov 26, 2010

If you put some commas in: Hubo un día en que llegaste, divino, como un niño, me pediste pan bolillo. Sounds like a childish thing to do... - margaretbl, Nov 26, 2010

jeje... what sounds funny is "pediste pan bolillo"... it's not that it might not be that, or that the sentence has it... the phrase "pediste pan bolillo" per se... sounds funny - Tonyriva, Nov 26, 2010

I like this version! (and the picture:) but no, I've listened to the song again, she does not sing "bolillo"... - Yanaty, Nov 26, 2010

Ok I listened again and I hear : Hubo un día en que llegaste querido, como un niño.... and I'm working on the rest... - margaretbl, Nov 26, 2010

you're completely right... it says "querido" - Tonyriva, Nov 26, 2010

Answer 3

What I hear... is...

"Hubo un día en que llegaste divino, como un niño me pediste pan dormido"

"There was a day, in which you came divine... and like a kid you asked for bread while sleeping"

It sounds a little funny in Spanish... I mean, how can I ask for bread when I'm sleeping... it might be a regional thing (since the singer is from Spain) that my Mexican Spanish is not letting me understand... or poetical license...