"Yo creía que el querer" | Soleá | Poetic Translations of Flamenco Letras - TRANSLATIÓN #52

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Translating poetry is never easy. Flamenco letras can be deep, light, funny or tragic. They can take us to the bottom of despair or give us the strength to continue on the road of a sometimes absurd existence. There you will find anecdotes, advice, moral lessons, threats, praise or criticism, daily life episodes, and jokes. It is an unfathomable repertoire that it is important to understand if we really want to enter the fascinating universe of flamenco. Here is our attempt to transcribe a small part of the richness and subtleties of flamenco lyrics into English.
By Guillermo Guillén and Alyssa Bonilla for FlamencoMaps
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"Yo creía que el querer" | Soleá | Poetic Translations of Flamenco Letras - TRANSLATIÓN #52
Pedro el Granaíno - Cante
Juan Requena - Toque
La Farruca - Baile
Octavio Lozano Montoya - Palmas
Yo creía que el querer
Era cosa de juguete
Ahora veo que se pasan
Las fatigas de la muerte
Until now I always believed
That love was just a childish game
I can see now that you suffer
In love and in death just the same
Full cante: • La Farruca en Lisboa. ...
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Yo creía que el querer
Era cosa de juguete
Ahora veo que se pasan
Las fatigas de la muerte
Until now I always believed
That love was just a childish game
I can see now that you suffer
In love and in death just the same

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