Amor de mi alma
Arr. by Z. Randall Stroope
Performed by the 2004 Northeast Arkansas All Region Choir
Spanish Lyrics:
Yo no nací sino para quereros;
Mi alma os ha cortado a su medida;
Por hábito del alma misma os quero.
Escrito esté en mi alma vuestro gesto;
Yo lo leo tan solo que aun de vos
Me guardo en esto.
Quanto tengo confiesso yo deveros;
Por vos nací, por vos tengo la vida,
Y por vos e de morir y por vos
Muero.
English Translation:
I was not born but to love you.
You my soul has cut to its measure:
it's you I want as a cloak for my soul.
Your every aspect is written on my soul:
I no more than read, that within it,
even from you I might hide myself.
How much I must confess I owe you:
for you I was born, for you I have life.
Were it necessary, for you I would die;
and for you I do die.