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Showing posts with label Lorca. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
"Sevillanas del Siglo XVIII" by Federico Garcia Lorca
Lorca and La Argentinita performing together. Clicking on La Argentinita will take you to a link to learn who she is.
Sevillanas del S.XVIII
Text:Federico García Lorca
¡Viva Sevilla!
Llevan las sevillanas
en la mantilla
un letrero que dice:
¡Viva Sevilla!
¡Viva Triana!
¡Vivan los trianeros,
los de Triana!
¡Vivan los sevillanos
y sevillanas!
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Long live Sevilla!
The women of Sevilla wear a sign in their mantillas that reads "Viva Sevilla!
Long live Triana!
Long live the people of Triana!
Long live the women and the men of Sevilla!
Poem here is incomplete. There are more verses.
Trans.Milagro Vargas
"En el Cafe de Chinitas" by Federico Garcia Lorca
Teresa Berganza, mezzo soprano; Narciso Yepes, guitar
El café de Chinitas
Federico García Lorca (1898-1936)
En el café de Chinitas
dijo a Paquiro un hermano:
"Soy más valiente que tú
más torero y mas gitano."
En el café de Chinitas
dijo a Paquiro un Frascuelo:
"Soy más valiente que tú
más gitano y mas torero."
Sacó Paquiro el reló
y dijo de esta manera:
"Este toro ha de morir
antes de las cuatro y media."
Al dar las cuatro en la calle
se salieron del café
y era Paquiro en la calle
un torero de cartel.
Enlgish Translation
In Chinita's cafe Paquiro said to his brother:
I'm more courageous than you, a better bullfighter and more of a gypsy.
In Chinita's cafe Paquiro said to Frascuelo:
I'm more courageous than you,
more of a gypsy and more of a bullfighter.
Paquiro took out his watch and said in this manner:
"This bull is going to die before 4:30.
When the 4 o'clock arrived in the street, they left the cafe,
and Paquiro was in the street, a star bullfighter!
Translation M. Vargas
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