Oh, que hermosa hija

Jerusalem National Sound Archives placement: YCD2980/4

A lyrical song in a pastoral scene: the young maiden with her basket gathering flowers in the garden, the young lad so handsome he resembles the moon.

Text:
Oh que hermosa hija
Que abasha la guerta
Con un sestico a cojer la flor

Veo un venir
Non puedo ir
Me torno atras por verta ti

Oh que hermoso, hermoso mancebo
Oh hermoso que pareces lunar

Translation:
Oh, what a lovely girl,
who goes down to the garden
with her little basket to gather flowers.

I see her coming,
yet I cannot go;
I turn back, just to look at you.

Oh, what a handsome, handsome youth,
so fair you seem like the moon.