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Early Spanish-Californian folk-songs

by Gertrude Ross (1889 - 1957)

1. Yo no sé si me quieres
 (Sung text)

Language: Spanish (Español) 
Yo no sé si me quieres,
Tú lo sabrás
Lo que sé es que yo muero
donde no estás.
Yo he cifra do en amarte,
mi porvenir;
Así es que yo no puedo
sin tí vivir.
Si tú ya me olvidaste,
dimelo luego,
Que yo estoy resignado
si así ha de ser.
Y si en tu alma ya existen
Otros amores,
No les dés como al mío, 
mi bien, los singabores.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

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1. I know not if you love me
 (Sung text)

Language: English 
I know not if you love me,
That you can say.
But I know that I perish
with you away.
All my striving is futile,
naught can life give;
For alas! dear, without you
I cannot live.
If you do not love me,
do not deceive me,
False hopes never can help me,
If your love I lose.
If in your bosom for another
love should be hidden,
Do not give false hope and pain 
without its guerdon.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation possibly by Eleanor Hague

Based on:

  • a text in Spanish (Español) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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Note: the Ross score does not indicate a translator for this song, but the other English versions in the collection are attributed to Hague.


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 149
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