Adèle | Une jolie fille

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Adela

Language: Spanish (Español)

Available translation(s): FRE GER

Una muchacha guapa, 
llamada Adela, llamada Adela, 
Los amores de Juan 
la lleva enferma, y ella sabía, 
Que su amiga Dolores lo entretenía. 
El tiempo iba pasando, 
Y la pobre Adela, y la pobre Adela, 
Más blanca se ponía 
Y más enferma; y ella sabía 
Que de sus amores se moriría.

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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 Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre (1901 - 1999), "Adela", from Doce Canciones Españolas, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Adèle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Adele", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Ted Perry

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 51

Adèle

Language: French (Français) after the Spanish (Español)

Une jolie fille,
nommée Adèle, nommée Adèle,
l'amour de Juan
la rend malade, et elle savait
que son amie Dolorès le divertit.
Le temps a passé,
et la pauvre Adèle, et la pauvre Adèle,
devint de plus en plus pâle,
Et de plus en plus malade ; et elle savait
Qu'elle allait mourir de son amour.

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Translation from Spanish (Español) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Guy Laffaille, (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: 2013-01-10
Line count: 10
Word count: 56