Song of the Flowers of the Green Pine

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Song of the Flowers of the Green Pine
  • Flowers of the green pine, oh flowers,
  • do you have news of my lover?
  • Oh God, and where is he?
  • Oh flowers, flowers of the green branch,
  • do you have news of my friend?
  • Oh God, and where is he?
  • Do you have news of my lover,
  • who has proved himself a liar?
  • Oh God, and where is he?
  • Do you have news of my friend,
  • who did not come when he said?
  • Oh God, and where is he?
  • You ask me about your friend?
  • I tell you he's alive and well.
  • Oh God, and where is he?
  • You ask me about your lover?
  • I tell you he's well, he's alive.
  • Oh God, and where is he?
  • I tell you he's alive and well,
  • and he'll be with you in a while.
  • Oh God, and where is he?
  • I tell you he's well, he's alive,
  • and he'll come by the appointed time.
  • Oh God, and where is he?

[English version by Richard Zenith]