by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
A la orilla de un palmar
Language: Spanish (Español)
Available translation(s): ENG
A la orilla de un palmar,
yo vide una joven bella,
su boquita de coral,
sus ojitos dos estrellas.
Al pasar le pregunté
que quién estaba con ella
y me respondió llorando:
sola vivo en el palmar.
Soy huerfanita, ¡ay!
no tengo padre ni madre,
ni un amigo ¡ay!
que me venga a consolar.
Solita paso la vida
a la orilla del palmar
y solita voy y vengo
como las olas del mar.
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- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "At the edge of a palm grove", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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At the edge of a palm grove
Language: English  after the Spanish (Español)
At the edge of a palm grove
I [saw] a beautiful young girl,
her little mouth [made] of coral,
her little eyes two stars.
In passing I asked
who was with her
and she responded to me, crying:
I live alone in the palm grove.
I am a little orphan girl, ah!
I have no father nor mother,
nor [any] friend, ah!
who would come to console me.
I pass my life alone
at the edge of the palm grove
and alone I come and go
like the waves of the sea.
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This text was added to the website: 2020-11-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 92