TRANSLATIONS

HOW I KNEW

(Como fue)

Translated by Curtis W. Long

How I knew,
I cannot tell you
How I knew.
I cannot tell you how I fell-
Just that I fell in love with you.

Bright, flashing signs
Began to shine inside my head.
Your smile could make my temperature rise,
And fill my lonely heart with love.

Maybe your eyes were my undoing;
Maybe your hands-perhaps your voice.
Simply, I found you worth pursuing,
Worth biding my time while you wandered.

Though I knew,
I cannot tell you
How I knew.
I cannot tell you how I fell-
Just that I fell in love with you.

LAS MAÑANITAS

Traditional Mexican Song

Éstas son las mañanitas
que cantaba el rey David
a las muchachas bonitas.
Te las cantamos aquí.

¡Desierta, mi bien, despierta;
mira, que ya amaneció!
Ya los pajarillos cantan.
La luna ya se metió.

MORNING SONGS

English: C. W. Long

Hark ye, now, the songs of morning
That King David used to sing
To the pretty, little maidens.
These songs I now to thee bring.

Awaken, my dear, awaken;
See how the sky does glow!
All the birds are in their singing.
The moon does no longer show.

WHEN THE RAIN FALLS

(Hoy que llueve)

de Roberto Cantoral

Letra en inglés: Curtis W. Long

When the rain falls,
It brings back thoughts of you, deep, down inside me.
I wonder where you are and if you chide me--
Even if we will ever meet again.

When the rain falls,
I hope to see you pass outside my window;
I clear away the mist, but you're a shadow;
And I recall how things were diff'rent then.

When the rain falls,
I'm lost amidst a sea of black umbrellas.
The raindrops fall upon the ground, as well as
Teardrops, in torrents, from my broken heart.

It's so funny-
Once we lived in the land of milk and honey;
Now, I live where the days are never sunny;
That's how it's been without you and your love.

When the rain falls,
I get out on the street the same as always,
To wash away the cobwebs from the old days
And wish for you the best from up above.

YOU'LL THINK OF ME

(Sabor a mí)

English lyrics by Curtis W. Long

All the time we spent together, you and I,
Made our hearts blend into one eternal sigh,
As a flame that lingers on,
So that after you are gone,
You'll think of me.

If you ever took your love away from me,
I'd be happy just to have the memory
That, since we've been so complete,
Like a dream that must repeat,
You'll think of me.

I have never tried to own you.
I have nothing; I leave vanity behind.
But, when love comes, it's forever.
For a poor fool, there can be no other kind.

Many years may come and go, as time goes by.
Who can say if love will last, or merely die?
But, no matter how things go,
There is one thing that I know:
You'll think of me.