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As the night is dark
As the night is dark
And the road so short,
Why don’t you come, my friend?
As midnight goes by,
He who ruined me doesn’t come;
My fate holds him back,
Because I am a girl in distress.
I find myself helpless,
I carry a great passion within me.
O why don’t you come, my friend?
English translation by Paul Archer of the text of Si la noche haze escura by Diego Pisador (c1509- after 1557) from Libro de música para vihuela, Salamanca, 1552.
Si la noche haze escura
Si la noche haze escura
y tan corto es el camino,
¿Como no venis, amigo?
Si la media noche es pasada
Y el que me pena no viene;
Mi ventura lo detiene,
por que soy muy desdichada.
Véome desamparada
gran pasión tengo conmigo.
¿Como no venis, amigo?
Recording. Performed by Shirley Rumsey from the album Music of the Spanish Renaissance.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMcUBQ-A9FU
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