The flower girl | I am the lovely flower girl

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by Eduardo Montesinos (1868 - 1929/30)

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

La violetera

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

Soy la linda violetera
De mirada lisongera
Voy violetas repartiendo y sonrisas
recogiendo los hombres a pasar.

Soy la linda violetera.
Mi ilusión es pasagera
Nadie en mis [besos]¹ confia
pues mi amor es flor de un día
sin perfume de azahar.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• J. Padilla Sánchez

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¹ Padilla Sánchez: "beson"

Text Authorship:

by Eduardo Montesinos (1868 - 1929/30) [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 José Padilla Sánchez (1889 - 1960), "La violetera", published 1936 [ voice and piano ], Chicago: Calumet Music Co. [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The flower girl", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-05-16
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Word count: 43

The flower girl

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

I am the lovely flower girl
[With] pleasant look
I go delivering violets and smiles,
gathering the men passing by.

I am the lovely flower girl.
My illusion is fleeting
No one trusts in my kisses
since my love is a one-day flower
without the scent of orange blossoms.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2020 by Garrett Medlock, (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) by Eduardo Montesinos (1868 - 1929/30)
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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-16
Line count: 9
Word count: 49