Candela Lyrics in English by Vicente Garcia
Epiplón literally translates to "omentum," which is a fold of the peritoneum connecting the stomach with other abdominal organs. It's a very specific anatomical term that is quite rare to find in song lyrics.
In the context of "Candela," Vicente Garcia uses epiplón to express the intensity of the burning sensation he feels from the woman's "fire." By saying "Que me está quemando el epiplón" (That is burning my omentum), he emphasizes that this passion is consuming him deeply, not just on the surface, but to his very core, making it a uniquely vivid and memorable image.
Vicente García built "Candela" around one image: a woman who is fire itself. He opens by asking how the blaze even started — "Como se formó este incendio" ["How this fire started"] — then describes it moving on its own, out of his control, in "Va del norte de mi pecho" ["It goes from the north of my chest"]. Just when he thinks he's cooled off, she reignites him: "Y vuelve a quemar mi corazón" ["And burns my heart again"].
The chorus turns that fire into a chant: "Candela en su piel" ["Fire in her skin"], "Me consume de poco a poco" ["It consumes me little by little"]. By the end García stops fighting it and just repeats the word itself, "Candela" ["Fire"], over and over — burned out and still calling it by name.
