PABLO LUNA (1879-1942)
De España vengo
From “El niño judío”
Libretto by Antonio Paso and Enrique Garcia Álvarez
De España vengo, soy española,
en mis ojos me traigo luz de su cielo
y en mi cuerpo la gracia de la manola!
De España vengo, de España soy
y mi cara serrana lo va diciendo.
He nacido en España por donde voy.
A mi lo madrileño, me vuelve loca
y cuando yo me arranco con una copla
el acento gitano de mi canción
toman vida las flores de mi mantón.
De España vengo, de España soy
y mi cara serrana lo va diciendo.
Yo he nacido en España por donde voy.
Campana de la Torre de Maravillas
si es que tocas a fuego toca de prisa:
mira que ardo por culpa de unos ojos
que estoy mirando. Madre, me muero,
por culpa de unos ojos negros, muy negros,
que los tengo "metíos" dentro del alma
y que son los ojazos de mi gitano.
Muriendo estoy, mi vida, por tu desvío;
te quiero y no me quieres, gitano mío.
Mira que pena verse así, despreciada,
siendo morena!
De España vengo, de España soy
y mi cara serrana lo va diciendo.
Yo he nacido en España, por donde voy!
PABLO LUNA (1879-1942)
I Come from Spain
From “The Jewish boy”
Translation by Lisette Oropesa
I come from Spain, I am a Spaniard,
in my eyes, I carry the light of her sky
and in my body the grace of the Madrid woman!
I come from Spain, I am from Spain
and my fine looking face tells it all.
I was born in Spain, where I am going.
To me everything about Madrid drives me wild
and when I fly into a verse
with the gypsy accents of my song
the flowers of my shawl come to life.
I come from Spain, I am from Spain
and my fine looking face speaks for itself.
I was born in Spain, where I am going.
Bell of the Tower of Wonders
If you play for fire, play in a hurry:
See how I burn because of a pair of eyes
that I am looking at. Mother, I die,
all because of a pair of black eyes, very black eyes,
that I have “stuck” inside my soul
and they are the giant eyes of my gypsy boy.
I am dying, my life, because you turn away;
I love you and you don’t love me, my gypsy boy.
Look what a shame it is to be seen this way, despised,
for being dark skinned!
I come from Spain, I am a Spaniard
and my fine looking face tells it all.
I was born in Spain, where I am going!
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