Dichoso translates to "blissful" or "fortunate." It's a beautiful and somewhat less common word than simply saying "happy" (feliz), carrying a deeper sense of contentment and good fortune.
In the song, Joan Sebastian sings, "Me hiciste dichoso" (You made me blissful/fortunate). He uses this word to describe the profound happiness and good luck he felt when he was with his love, making the eventual heartbreak even more poignant.
Joan Sebastian opens by laying out the whole affair in three lines: "Te miré llegar" ("I watched you arrive"), "Y te dejaste amar" ("and you let yourself be loved"), "Y ahora resulta que te vas" ("and now it turns out you're leaving"). Arrival, surrender and departure, with no reason given for any of the three. He does not ask for one.
What he does instead is settle the account in her favour. "Me hiciste un favor" ("you did me a favour") is meant straight, not bitterly: the happiness was real and he keeps it, while the bill that arrived afterwards is his alone — "Y ahora me heredas el dolor" ("and now you leave me the pain"), grief handed over like an inheritance rather than a wound. So he thanks her, "Y te lo agradezco en vez de reprochar" ("and I thank you instead of reproaching you"), and only then admits the cost: "Aunque hoy me inunde de llorar" ("though today I'm flooded with crying"). The chorus never resolves that, it just repeats the verb — llorar, to cry — over a banda arrangement bright enough to dance to, which is where much of the song's ache actually sits.
Joan Sebastian, from Mexico, was a prolific singer-songwriter whose career spanned decades. He earned the nickname "El Poeta del Pueblo" for his ability to craft heartfelt lyrics. He was also known as "El Rey del Jaripeo" because he often performed his music while riding horses.
His music often blended traditional Mexican styles like mariachi and grupera, creating a sound that was distinctly his. Fans know him for popular songs such as "Secreto de Amor," "Tatuajes," and "Juliantla." He left behind a large catalog of original compositions.