| PASTORELA | PASTORALE |
| Joan Zorro | trans. James H. Donalson (from Portuguese) |
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Quen - visse andar a fremosinha, com' eu vi, d'amor coitada, e tan muito namorada que chorando assi dizia: Ai amor, leixedes m'oje de so-lo ramo folgar, e depois treides migo meu amigo demandar! Quen visse andar a fremosa, com' eu vi, d'amor chorando, e dizendo e rogando por amor da Gloriosa: Ai amor, leixedes m'oje de so-lo ramo folgar, e depois treides migo meu amigo demandar! Quen lh'i visse andar fazendo queixumes d'amor d'amigo que ama, sempre sigo chorando, assi dizendo: Ai amor, leixedes m'oje de so-lo ramo folgar, e depois treides migo meu amigo demandar! |
Could you but see the beauty walking, overcome by love I saw her, so in love and walking onward, though in tears she kept on saying: Love, let me leave off from lazing beneath the shade-trees today, come along, no delaying, we'll find my friend right away. If you could see the beauty walking as I did: for love she's weeping for the sake of love she's speaking through the Glorious One beseeching: Love, let me leave off from lazing beneath the shade-trees today, come along, no delaying, we'll find my friend right away. Could you see her walking, talking, end protesting of her loving one who loves her! I continue weeping, she continues speaking: Love, let me leave off from lazing beneath the shade-trees today, come along, no delaying, we'll find my friend right away. |
Trans. Copyright © James H. Donalson 2003