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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Translation © by Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit

No quise./ No quise decirte nada

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG FRE

No quise.
No quise decirte nada.

Vi en tus ojos
dos arbolitos locos.
De brisa, de risa y de oro.

Se meneaban.
No quise.

No quise decirte nada.

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Text Authorship:

by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Al oído de una muchacha", appears in Canciones, in Juegos, first published 1921-4 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Fernando García Arancibia (b. 1930), "Al oído", op. 42 no. 2 (1969) [ tenor and piano (version for soprano and piano: 1984) ], from Cantos de otoño, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Fernando García Arancibia (b. 1930), "Al oído", op. 23 no. 1 (1959) [ mezzo-soprano and trombone ], from Cantos de angustia, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Yury Nikolaevich (Nasonovich) Tynyanov (1894 - 1943) ; composed by V. D'yachenko.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 28

I didn't want to

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

I didn't want to.
I didn't want to tell you anything.

I saw in your eyes
two wild little trees.
Of air, of laughter, and of gold.

They wandered.
I didn't want to.

I didn't want to tell you anything.

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Translations of title(s):
"Al oído" = "Upon hearing"
"Al oído de una muchacha" = "Upon hearing a girl"

Text Authorship:

Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2019 by Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit, (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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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Al oído de una muchacha", appears in Canciones, in Juegos, first published 1921-4
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This text was added to the website: 2019-06-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 40