Romance

"Romance", by Dazkarieh (traditional music from Algarve, South Portugal)


Adelina, won't you be mine,
Won't you be my lover,
I would clad you in gold
With shoes made of silver.

Her father, hearing that,
Had a tower built,
Had a tower built,
To lock in fair Adelina.

The tower was achieved,
A palace as one believed,
Eight days soon went by,
And her throat so soon went dry.

She climbed up to a window,
The highest she could find,
From there she saw her mother
By the kitched window.

My dear mother, God has given me,
Bless me with a drop of water,
I would bless you with that water,
That would cause me no worry

If your father didn't swear me
By the tip of his sword.
If your father didn't swear me
By the tip of his sword.

She went to another window,
The highest she could find,
From there she saw her sister
On the kitchen balcony.

My dear sister, God has given me,
Bless me with a drop of water,
I would bless you with that water,
That would cause me no worry

If our father didn't swear me
By the tip of his sword,
If our father didn't swear me
By the tip of his sword.

She went to another window,
The highest she ould find,
From there she saw her father
Climbing up a ladder.

My dear father, God has given me,
Bless me with a drop of water,
'Cause my soul is Heaven bound
And yours must certainly be damned.

Run, run my servants
Take water to fair Adelina,
The first one to get there
Shall merry my daughter.

The first one to get there,
Was her love ever so constant,
Adelina shut her eyes
She died that very moment.

It rhymes in Portuguese, 'kay? It's a shame it's not on youtube yet, it's not much fun without listening to the song. And the lyrics are Portuguese, but Dazkarieh are an international band so they've translated it on the album, which I bought yesterday XD

This was done with blue pen (looks much better in real life) but when I scanned I quick colored it. Not the point, but it was looking too raw before... Not that better now, but I may work with it a bit more

Art (c) me
Lyrics are traditional from Algarve (in South Portugal)