Text & Translation
Jota
Spanish source:
Anon.
porque no nos ven hablar.
A tu corazón y al mío
se lo pueden preguntar.
Ya me despido de tí,
de tu casa y tu ventana.
Y aunque no quiera tu madre.
Adiós, niña, hasta mañana.
Jota
English translation ©
Jacqueline Cockburn
since they never see us talk;
let them ask
your heart and mine!
I must leave you now,
your house and your window,
and though your mother disapprove,
goodbye, sweet love, till tomorrow.
Translations by Jacqueline Cockburn and Richard Stokes published in the The Spanish Song Companion (Gollancz, 1992)
Jota
Spanish source:
Anon.
Jota
English source:
Jacqueline Cockburn
Dicen que no nos queremos,
They say we're not in love
porque no nos ven hablar.
since they never see us talk;
A tu corazón y al mío
let them ask
se lo pueden preguntar.
your heart and mine!
Ya me despido de tí,
I must leave you now,
de tu casa y tu ventana.
your house and your window,
Y aunque no quiera tu madre.
and though your mother disapprove,
Adiós, niña, hasta mañana.
goodbye, sweet love, till tomorrow.
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…
