Songs

¿De dónde venís, amore?

by Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre From Cuatro madrigales amatorios (1947)

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Text & Translation

¿De dónde venís, amore?
Spanish source: Anon.

¿De dónde venís, amore?
Bien sé yo de dónde.
¿De dónde venís, amigo?
Fuere yo testigo!
¡Ah!
Bien sé yo de dónde.

Where hast thou been, my love?
Spanish translation © Richard Stokes

Where hast thou been, my love?
I know well where.
Where hast thou been, my friend?
Were I a witness
ah!
I know well where!

Translations by Jacqueline Cockburn and Richard Stokes published in the The Spanish Song Companion (Gollancz, 1992)

¿De dónde venís, amore?
Spanish source: Anon.

Where hast thou been, my love?
Spanish source: Richard Stokes

¿De dónde venís, amore?
Where hast thou been, my love?
Bien sé yo de dónde.
I know well where.
¿De dónde venís, amigo?
Where hast thou been, my friend?
Fuere yo testigo!
Were I a witness
¡Ah!
ah!
Bien sé yo de dónde.
I know well where!

Composer

Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre

Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre, 1st Marquis of the Gardens of Aranjuez, was a Spanish composer and a virtuoso pianist.

Poet

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