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Thread #18417 Message #2268107
Posted By: Mysha
20-Feb-08 - 09:01 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: El Condor Pasa (in Spanish or Portuguese)
Subject: The Condor's Flight (RE: El Condor Pasa)
Ok, I'll add an English version to echo the Spanish (as well as I can read it):
THE CONDOR'S FLIGHT (Lyrics - Mysha: Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg) (Music - tradional)
(Oh) Love comes like a condor on the wing My heart will fall, I'll heed its call But it will deceive me
Love, like a desert moon, the light will bring I'll feel the bliss, of your sweet kiss But then you'll leave me.
Chorus: Tomorrow who knows where you may have gone? Where will you be? Will you miss me? You won't be back, so how can I go on? I long for you; what can I do? I can't go on.
Without your love no more my heart will sing It'll cry; it will die It'll be forever still
For love, just like a condor, will take wing And though I yearn, it won't return I know it never will
(Optional: Repeat chorus)
The text is intended to echo the sentiments of the Spanish text, but is not a literal translation. There are many ways to play the song; a version close to the one Paul Simon used would probably fit well.