Text & Translation
Asturiana
Spanish source:
Anon.
arrimeme a un pino verde,
Por verme llorar, lloraba.
Y el pino como era verde,
por verme llorar, lloraba!
Asturian song
English translation ©
Jacqueline Cockburn
I drew near a green pine.
To see me weep, it wept.
And the pine, since it was green,
wept to see me weeping!
Translations by Jacqueline Cockburn and Richard Stokes published in the The Spanish Song Companion (Gollancz, 1992)
Asturiana
Spanish source:
Anon.
Asturian song
English source:
Jacqueline Cockburn
Por ver si me consolaba,
To see if it might console me
arrimeme a un pino verde,
I drew near a green pine.
Por verme llorar, lloraba.
To see me weep, it wept.
Y el pino como era verde,
And the pine, since it was green,
por verme llorar, lloraba!
wept to see me weeping!
Composer
Manuel de Falla
Manuel de Falla was a Spanish composer and pianist. Despite having composed only a modest number of pieces, he is highly regarded as one of Spain’s greatest musicians of the first half of the twentieth century. His image appeared on Spain's 1970…
