Behind the curtains | Behind green curtains and blue screens

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Grace Luo

Entre cortinas

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

Chosen for Diff

Entre cortinas verdes y azueles rejas
Estaban dos amantes dándose quejas
Quejas se dieron,
Que el corazón y el alma se la partieron.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Argentina [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 Luis Gianneo (1897 - 1968), "Entre cortinas", 1929 [ voice and piano ], from Seis coplas, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Grace Luo) , "Behind the curtains", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-11
Line count: 4
Word count: 23

Behind the curtains

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Chosen for Diff

Behind green curtains and blue screens
There were two lovers complaining to each other
Complaints were made,
That broke hearts and souls into a thousand pieces.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2024 by Grace Luo, (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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a text in Spanish (Español) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Argentina
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This text was added to the website: 2024-09-10
Line count: 4
Word count: 26