I go by the light of the moon

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by Ramòn Maria de las Mercedes de Campoamor y Campoosorio (1817 - 1901)

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

Marcho á la luz de la luna

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG FRE

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Marcho á la luz de la luna
De su sombra tan en pos, 
Que no hacen mas sombra que una,
Siendo nuestros cuerpos dos.

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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 145.

Text Authorship:

by Ramòn Maria de las Mercedes de Campoamor y Campoosorio (1817 - 1901), no title, appears in Cantares, in Amorosos, no. 16 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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by Joaquín Turina (1882 - 1949), "Farruca", op. 45 no. 1 (1927), published 1929 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Tríptico, no. 1, Madrid : UME; title in English: "Arrogant woman"

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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I go by the light of the moon

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

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I go by the light of the moon
in pursuit of her shadow,
because, [though] our bodies are two, 
they do not make more than one shadow.

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a text in Spanish (Español) by Ramòn Maria de las Mercedes de Campoamor y Campoosorio (1817 - 1901), no title, appears in Cantares, in Amorosos, no. 16
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This text was added to the website: 2021-02-26
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Word count: 27