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Songs of My Spanish Soil
Song Cycle by Julio Osma (d. 1938)
View original-language texts alone: Cantares de mi tierra
Más cerca de mí te siento Cuanto más huyo de tí, Pues tu imágen es en mí Sombra de mi pensamiento.
Text Authorship:
- by Ramòn Maria de las Mercedes de Campoamor y Campoosorio (1817 - 1901), no title, appears in Cantares, in Amorosos, no. 8
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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 from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2015 by Emily Ezust, (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.
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Sueñe ó vele, no hay respiro, Para mi ardiente deseo, Pues sueño cuando te miro Y cuando sueño te veo.
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- by Ramòn Maria de las Mercedes de Campoamor y Campoosorio (1817 - 1901), no title, appears in Cantares, in Amorosos, no. 9
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Dream or wake, there's no respite, For my burning desire, For I dream when I look at you, And when I dream, I see you.
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- Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2023 by Kairui (Kerry) Zhou, (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.
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Que es matarme, confieso, El olvidarme: Aborréceme, que eso Ya es recordarme. Por Dios te pido Que me entregues al odio, Mas no al olvido.
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- by Ramòn Maria de las Mercedes de Campoamor y Campoosorio (1817 - 1901), no title, appears in Cantares, in Amorosos, no. 41
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Ay, del ay! Ay, del ay! Cuan honda oh cielos será dije mi tumba mirando que vá tragando tragando cuanto nació y nacerá Ay, del ay! Ay, del ay! Y huyendo del vil rincón donde al fin seré arrojado los ojos meti es pantado dentro de mi corazón Ay, del ay! Ay, del ay! Más cuando dentro miré Ay, del ay! Ay, del ay! Mis ojos en él no hallaron Ni un ser de los que me amaron Ni un ser de los que yo amé Ay, del ay! Ay, del ay! Ay, del ay! Ay, del ay! Si no hallo aqui una ilusion Y alli sola hallo el vacio cual es más hondo Dios mio mi tumba o mi corazón Ay, del ay! Ay, del ay!
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- by Ramòn Maria de las Mercedes de Campoamor y Campoosorio (1817 - 1901)
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