Emborrachar means "to get drunk." While getting drunk is a common theme in many songs, the way it's used here is particularly raw and central to the song's emotional core.
Vicente Fernández sings, "Que ahora me voy a emborrachar" (Now I'm going to get drunk), directly expressing his intention to drown his sorrows over a lost love. This word captures the intense heartbreak and the coping mechanism chosen by the singer, making it a powerful and memorable word in the context of this classic ranchera.
Vicente Fernández's "A Ella" is a powerful song about a man drowning his sorrows after a breakup. He's not just sad; he's so heartbroken that he wishes the world would stop spinning and the sun would stop shining! He sings, "Que el mundo deje de girar, Que ya no brille mas el sol" [May the world stop spinning, May the sun no longer shine].
He's focused on one thing: forgetting her. He wants to keep the drinks flowing, saying, "Que no se acaben las botellas, Quiero brindar solo por ella" [May the bottles not run out, I want to toast only to her]. He doesn't care if people see him cry, because all he wants is to forget the woman who didn't love him back. He even hopes she remembers that life doesn't forget anything, and that he gave her his love unconditionally.
Vicente Fernández grew up on his father's ranch outside Guadalajara, in Jalisco, and started out singing for tips on the street before signing with CBS México in 1966. His early records like "Perdóname" and "Cantina del Barrio" built his name, but it was 1976's "Volver, Volver" that turned him into a national phenomenon across Mexico and the wider Spanish-speaking world.
Fans came to call him "El Ídolo de México," and critics crowned him the King of Ranchera for his warm, aching tenor and the way he sang about heartbreak, betrayal, and rural life with equal conviction. He recorded well over a hundred albums across his career, including El Rey, Mi Querido Viejo, and a tribute record to songwriter José Alfredo Jiménez, and sold more than 70 million records before his death in 2021 at 81.