La melodía inicial de la flauta es un alalá de Pontevedra que originalmente cantaba: “Ai lalelo, ai lalelo…”. La 1º melodía cantada “Agora que m’ei de ir” es un alalá de Lugo, que comienza con su texto original y lo continuamos con versos de Rosalía. La 2º melodía cantada “Da porteliña da arriba” también es un alalá de Lugo, trabajada con el mismo procedimiento. El final es un romance típico de ciego de Pontevedra, del Museo Arqueológico, según copia facilitada por Casto Sampedro. Para el arreglo, hemos partido de la polifonía desarrollada por el mismo Felip Pedrell.
lyrics
Agora que me hei dir
as pedriñas choran,
chorai pedriñas a noite,
que me vou pola manán.
¡Ai, quén lagrimiña fora
pra ir, meu ben, unda ti…!
¡Quén fixera un caminiño
para pasar, ai de min!
Da porteliña d’arriba
dei unha volta pr’atrás
¡meus fillos, meu corazón,
que tan lonxe me quedás!
Pasa, pasa caladiño,
co teu manso rebulir,
camino do mar salado,
camino do mar sin fin;
leva estas lagrimiñas,
si has de chegar por alí,
pretiño dos meus amores,
pretiño do meu vivir.
En vano miro e mais miro,
qu' os velos da negra noite
entr' ela y os meus olliños
traidoramente se poñen.
Ábrem’a portiño,
cérram’o postigo,
dame o teu lenciño
¡ai meu ben!
que veño ferido.
Pois se vés ferido
vés a mala hora,
que as miñas portiñas
¡ai meu ben!
non se abren agora.
Evoéh is a project that reconciles two sources of Spanish music: cult music and popular
music.
It was born in 2005, as a duet of voice and guitar between Ariana Barrabés and Jesús Olivares, result of our admiration for Spanish poetry and music....more
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