Behind the curtains | Behind green curtains and blue screens

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Grace Luo

Entre cortinas

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

Entre cortinas verdes y azueles rejas
Estaban dos amantes dándose quejas
Quejas se dieron,
Que el corazón y el alma se la partieron.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Argentina [author's text not yet checked 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 Luis Gianneo (1897 - 1968), "Entre cortinas", 1929 [ voice and piano ], from Seis coplas, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Grace Luo) , "Behind the curtains", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-11
Line count: 4
Word count: 23

Behind the curtains

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Behind green curtains and blue screens
There were two lovers complaining to each other
Complaints were made,
That broke hearts and souls into a thousand pieces.

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Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2024 by Grace Luo, (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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a text in Spanish (Español) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Argentina
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This text was added to the website: 2024-09-10
Line count: 4
Word count: 26