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Pobre colombina

Singer: Horacio SALGANSinger 2: Horacio DevalComposer: Virgilio CarmonaAuthor: Emilio Falero

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Lyrics
La fiesta está en su apogeo,
la eterna faz se quebranta...
Las mascaritas sus voces levantan,
el dios Momo canta,
ríe el dios Orfeo...
La fiesta está en su apogeo,
todo son bromas y chistes...
¡La Colombina tan sólo está triste,
de luto se viste,
no quiere cantar!

La Colombina está triste y da pena,
¡pobrecita nena,
tan linda y tan buena!
La que antes fue reina de la alegría,
sus gracias lucía
y siempre reía,
no quiere cantar,
no quiere reír...
¡Tan grande es la pena
que la hace sufrir,
que en vez de cantar,
que en vez de reír,
le pide al Supremo
la deje morir!

Es que Pierrot la ha engañado;
se fue con su mandolina
siguiendo el paso de otra Colombina,
de líneas más finas,
de pelo ondulado...
Mas no sabe que ha dejado
un corazón dolorido;
pero después volverá arrepentido,
y al ver sólo
el nido tendrá que llorar...
English translation
The party is at its peak,
the eternal face is broken...
The little masks raise their voices,
the god Momo sings,
the god Orpheus laughs...
The party is at its peak,
everything is jokes and jokes...
The Colombina is only sad,
she dresses in mourning,
she doesn't want to sing!

La Colombina is sad and pitiful,
poor little baby,
so pretty and so good!
She who was once the queen of joy,
her graces shone
and always laughed,
she doesn't want to sing,
she does not want to laugh...
So great is the sorrow
that makes her suffer,
that instead of singing,
that instead of laughing,
she asks the Supreme
to let her die!

Pierrot has deceived her;
he left with his mandolin
following in the footsteps of another Colombina,
with finer lines,
with wavy hair...
But she does not know that she has left
an aching heart;
but later he will return repentant,
and seeing only
the nest he will have to cry...

The Cabeceo