by Vincenzo di Chiara (1860 - 1916)
Translation © by Juan Henríquez Concepción

La Spagnola
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG SPA
Di Spagna sono la bella, 
regina son dell'amor! 
Tutti mi dicono stella, 
stella di vivo splendor... 

Stretti, stretti nell'estasi d'amor! 
La spagnola sa amar così, 
bocca a bocca la notte e il dì. 

Amo con tutto l'ardore 
a chi è sincero con me... 
Degli anni miei il vigore 
gli fo ben presto veder! 

Stretti, stretti... 

Sguardi che mandan saette, 
movenze di voluttà! 
Le labbra son tumidette, 
fo il paradiso toccar! 

Stretti, stretti...

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

  • ENG English (Valerie Luxieo) , "The Spanish Woman", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , "La española", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-02
Line count: 17
Word count: 72

La española
Language: Spanish (Español)  after the Italian (Italiano) 
De España soy la Hermosa,
¡soy la reina del amor!
Todos me dicen estrella,
estrella de vivo splendor... 

¡Estrechos, estrechos en el éxtasis del amor!
La española sabe amar así,
Boca con boca la noche y el día. 

Amo con todo el ardor
a quien es sincero conmigo...
El vigor de mi juventud
le dejo rápido disfrutar. 

Estrechos, estrechos... 

¡Miradas que mandan rayitos,
movimientos a voluntad!
¡Los labios son carnositos,
hago tocar el paraíso!
 
Estrechos, estrechos...

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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-02
Line count: 17
Word count: 76