Jota (Volkslieder (Folksongs), set by (Manuel de Falla)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Anne Evans

Jota

Language: Spanish (Español)

Available translation(s): ENG ENG FRE GER

Dicen que no nos queremos
Porque no nos ven hablar;
A tu corazón y al mío
Se lo pueden preguntar.

Ya me despido de tí,
De tu casa y tu ventana,
Y aunque no quiera tu madre,
Adiós, niña, hasta mañana.
Aunque no quiera tu madre...

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 Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946), "Jota", published 1914 [voice and piano], from Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas, no. 4. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

GER German (Deutsch) (Julia Hamann) , title 1: "Jota", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Anne Evans) , title 1: "Jota", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Claycomb) , title unknown, copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Jota", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Arthur Rishi

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 46

Jota

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

They say we don't love each other
because they never see us talking
But they only have to ask
both your heart and mine. 

Now I bid you farewell
your house and your window too
and even ... your mother 
Farewell, my sweetheart
until tomorrow.

Authorship

Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2009 by Anne Evans, (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)

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-07
Line count: 9
Word count: 45