Song of True Love | Pure in your faith like a child

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by Leopoldo Lugones Argüello (1874 - 1938)

Translation © by Jeffrey Tang

Lied del amor verdadero

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

Pura en tu fe coma un niño,
De tu cariño estoy cierto.
Y cada noche despierto
Temblando por tu cariño.

Hacen bien cuando a la muerte
Comparan el sueño oscuro.
Amor que duerme seguro,
Puede que no se despierte.

Text Authorship:

by Leopoldo Lugones Argüello (1874 - 1938), "Lied del amor verdadero", appears in Romancero, in Los trece lieders, no. 4, first published 1924 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Gilardo Gilardi (1889 - 1963), "Lied del amor verdadero", 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Trece Lieder, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Victor Pasqés (1896 - 1961), "Lied del amor verdadero" [ medium-high voice and piano ], from Seis Lieder, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Jeffrey Tang) , "Song of True Love", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-12
Line count: 8
Word count: 39

Song of True Love

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Pure in your faith like a child,
Of your affection I am certain.
And every night I wake up
Trembling for your love.

They do well when they compare
Death to an obscure dream.
A love that sleeps safely [free from danger],
May not wake up.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2023 by Jeffrey Tang, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Leopoldo Lugones Argüello (1874 - 1938), "Lied del amor verdadero", appears in Romancero, in Los trece lieders, no. 4, first published 1924
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This text was added to the website: 2023-04-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 46