Twilight in Spain | It was a beautiful afternoon

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by Maria Grever (1885 - 1951)

Translation © by Garrett Medlock

Atardecer en España

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

Fué en una linda tarde
En una estrecha calle de Andalucía,
En tu ventana estabas entre las flores
Y todo el que pasaba te sonreía.

Al ver esos tus lindos ojos llenos de ensueño
Sentí unos deseos locos de ser tu dueño,
¡Ah!

Y me acerqué a tu ventana
Y en tus ojos me miré
Mas al llegar a tus labios
Con locura te besé.

Fué en una linda tarde
En una estrecha calle de Andalucía.

Text Authorship:

by Maria Grever (1885 - 1951) [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 Maria Grever (1885 - 1951), "Atardecer en España", published 1946 [ voice and piano ], New York: Portilla Music Corp. [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Twilight in Spain", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2020-01-10
Line count: 13
Word count: 76

Twilight in Spain

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

It was a beautiful afternoon
On a narrow street of Andalusia,
You were in your window among the flowers
And everyone who passed smiled at you.

At seeing your lovely eyes full of fantasy,
I felt mad desires of being your master,
Ah!

And I approached your window,
And in your eyes I watched myself,
But at reaching your lips
With madness I kissed you.

It was a beautiful afternoon
On a narrow street of Andalusia.

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a text in Spanish (Español) by Maria Grever (1885 - 1951)
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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-10
Line count: 13
Word count: 76