Amparo | Amparo,/ que tu es seule dans ta maison

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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Amparo

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: FRE

Amparo,
¡qué sola estás en tu casa
vestida de blanco!

(Ecuador entre el jazmín
y el nardo.)

Oyes los maravillosos
surtidores de tu patio,
y el débil trino amarillo
del canario.

Por la tarde ves temblar
los cipreses con los pájaros,
mientras bordas lentamente
letras sobre el cañamazo.

Amparo,
¡qué sola estás en tu casa
vestida de blanco!

Amparo,
¡y qué difícil decirte:
yo te amo!

Text Authorship:

by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Amparo", appears in Poema del Cante Jondo, in Dos muchachas, no. 2, first published 1921 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Ernst Widmer (1927 - 1990), "Amparo", op. 13 no. 2 (1955) [ high voice and piano ], from Dos muchachas, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Amparo", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-08-06
Line count: 19
Word count: 66

Amparo

Language: French (Français) after the Spanish (Español)

Amparo,
que tu es seule dans ta maison,
vêtue de blanc !

(Équateur entre le jasmin
et le nard.)

Tu entends les merveilleux
jets d'eau de ton patio
et le faible trille jaune
du canari.

L'après-midi tu vois trembler
les cyprès avec les oiseaux,
pendant que tu brodes lentement
des lettres sur le canevas.

Amparo,
que tu es seule dans ta maison,
vêtue de blanc !

Amparo,
et qu'il est difficile de te dire :
je t'aime !

Text Authorship:

Translation from Spanish (Español) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Guy Laffaille, (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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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Amparo", appears in Poema del Cante Jondo, in Dos muchachas, no. 2, first published 1921
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This text was added to the website: 2015-12-25
Line count: 19
Word count: 74