Rosi
Amador vocal Brian Amador classical
guitar
While traveling in Peru, I found this poetic
lovesong on a tape I bought by the Andean folk
group, 'Quilapayun'. Whereas their version is
rendered by two men, I felt the delicate passion
expressed in the lyric would be best served by a
male/female duet. Miguel Ponce, my Peruvian friend
living in Japan, speculates that the song may date
back to Medieval Spain.
En qué nos parecemos tú y yo a la nieve
Tú en lo blanca y galana,
yo en deshacerme
A los árboles altos los mueve el viento
Y a los enamorados el pensamiento
(Translation)
How do we resemble, you and I, the snow?
You with your whiteness and demeanor
I, with my melting away
The tall trees are moved by the wind
And lovers by the thought
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