Implora comes from implorar, meaning “to plead” or “to beg” with deep emotion. In the song, “Cuando mi alma te implora” means “when my soul pleads with you,” giving the romantic lyrics a poetic sense of longing and vulnerability.
Virlán García opens with the moon: "Qué bonita la luna / Aunque ajena su luz" (How beautiful the moon, although its light is not its own), lit by the sun "Como iluminas tú / A mis noches desiertas" (just like you light up my deserted nights). The woman he sings to is the light source, and he is the one who borrowed it. He is quick to add that "haber nacido hermosa / No es tu única virtud" (being born beautiful is not your only virtue).
The rest of the song lists what that light does in an ordinary life. "Cuando algo me ha quebrado / Tú me pones de pie" (when something has broken me, you get me back on my feet), and after an argument the fix is simple: "Besarte despacito" (kissing you slowly). Even her silence counts for something, since "Si rompes el silencio / Pa' mí es una canción" (if you break the silence, to me it's a song). It is a corrido-style love song about a partner, "mi amada mujer" (my beloved woman), who steadies him rather than dazzles him.