Like the butterfly | I am like a butterfly who

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Susana Martin Dudoignon

Como la mariposa soy

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG GER

Como la mariposa soy,
Que por verte,
En la luz de tus ojos
Busco mi muerte.

Yo no sé si me quieres
O si me olvidas,
Sólo sé que yo vivo,
Cuando me miras.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [author's text not yet checked 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 Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Como la mariposa soy", WoO 158a no. 20 (1816) [ voice, piano, violin, cello ], from Neues Volksliederheft für eine Singstimme und Klavier mit Begleitung von Violine und Violoncell, no. 20 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Susana Martin Dudoignon) , "Like the butterfly", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Susana Martin Dudoignon) , "Ich bin der Schmetterling", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2006-10-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

Like the butterfly

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

I am like a butterfly who
Seeks its own death
In your eyes' light,
So as to see you.

I don't know if you love me
Or you forget about me,
I just know I live
when you look at me.

Text Authorship:

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a text in Spanish (Español) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2021-07-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 41