Hastío

Agustín Lara's song 'Hastío' delves into the complex emotions of weariness and disillusionment in love. The lyrics paint a vivid picture of a person who is grappling with the return of past loves and the emotional turmoil they bring. The metaphor of 'pavos reales' (peacocks) fanning their feathers in a 'jardín azul' (blue garden) symbolizes the ostentatious yet hollow display of past affections that now only bring 'trémulas angustias musicales' (trembling musical anguish). This imagery sets the stage for the central theme of the song: the weariness ('hastío') that clouds the eyes of the beloved, reflecting a deep-seated emotional fatigue.

The song explores the internal conflict of the beloved, who is torn between the desire to relive past passions and the fear of being hurt again. The lines 'Es que quieren volver tus amores / De ayer a inquietarte' (Your past loves want to return to unsettle you) and 'O es que matan tu amor / Poco a poco el dolor y los celos' (Or is it that pain and jealousy are slowly killing your love) highlight this struggle. The beloved's loss of faith and growing cowardice ('Has perdido la fe / Y te has vuelto medrosa y cobarde') further emphasize the debilitating effect of this emotional weariness.

Lara uses the metaphor of a peacock ('El hastío es pavo real') to personify weariness as something that, despite its beauty, becomes bored with the light of the afternoon. This suggests that even the most dazzling emotions can become tiresome and lose their luster over time. The plea in the final lines, 'Si una vez se asomó / Que no vuelva a tener la osadía / De manchar la esmeralda de tus ojos / Vida mía' (If it once appeared / Let it not dare to return / To stain the emerald of your eyes / My life), is a heartfelt request for the beloved to resist the return of this weariness and to preserve the purity and beauty of their love.