English translation of Cantares

by Joaquín Turina (1882 - 1949), "Cantares", op. 19 no. 3 (1917), published 1923 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Poema en forma de canciones, no. 3, Madrid: UME

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¡Ay! Más cerca de mí te siento
Cuanto más huyo de tí,
Pues tu imágen es en mí
Sombra de mi pensamiento.

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Confirmed with Obras Escogidas de D. Ramon de Campoamor (de la Academia Española). Tomo I. Ternezas y Flores. -- Sonetos. -- Fábulas. -- Cantares. -- Doloras, Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1885, page 144.

Note: modern spelling would require changing "cuanto" to "cuando"


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Vuélvemelo hoy a decir,
Pues, embelesado, ayer
Te escuchaba sin oír,
Y te miraba sin ver.

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Confirmed with Obras Escogidas de D. Ramon de Campoamor (de la Academia Española). Tomo I. Ternezas y Flores. -- Sonetos. -- Fábulas. -- Cantares. -- Doloras, Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1885, page 147.


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Author(s): Ramòn Maria de las Mercedes de Campoamor y Campoosorio (1817 - 1901)
I feel closer to you
The more I run from you,
For your image haunts
The very shadow of my thoughts.

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Translation of title "Cantares" = "Songs"



Tell me again,
For yesterday I was spellbound:
I heard you without listening
And I looked at you without seeing.

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  • Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2021 by Emily Ezust

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