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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.

                                                             P.H.M.