Flamenco Quote of the Day

“In dancing, not only is the dance important, it’s also a look, a move of the head, the way you pick up your skirt, the way you raise your arms at just the right moment, how you remain still or move your feet when the time is right. It’s not something I searched for, it was already inside me. I think I know how to do it in the right places. What can I tell you about my strong points? I think my feet are strong, and my arms, because I never forget them. I try never to destructure the line”.

Manuela Carrasco/Bailaora

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

Sometime, if only out of pity,
write to me sometime,
for my heart is so withered
with suffering that it can no
longer even feel pain.

Alguna vez
siquiera por compasion
escribeme alguna vez,
que yo tengo el corazon
marchito de padecer
que ya no siente ni el dolor.

Malagueña/La Trini

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

Her piercing eyes cut my heart in two,
And my eyes wept with longing for her,
And I would kiss the lips behind the veil, 
And embrace the pearl necklace above
your embroidered sash.

A Love Poem or "Ghazal" by Al Mutamid, Poet-King of Sevilla

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

Long live Granada, the Moorish queen,
land bathed by the river Genil.
Blessed be the morning
that I met you,
with your pure gypsy face.

Viva Granada la sultana
tierra que baña el Genil.
Bendita sea la mañana
en que yo te conoci
con tu cara tan gitana.

Granaina/Traditional

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

On this life's journey
the rich ride on horseback,
gentlemen walk,
and the poor drag themselves along.

En el viaje de la vida
van los ricos a caballo,
los caballeros a pata,
y los pobres arrastrando.

Copla Andaluza/Traditional

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

I leave the door ajar
so that sometime it might
tempt you to try. 

Dejo la puerta entornada
por si alguna vez te diera
la tentacion de empujar.

Solea/Traditional

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Flamenco Quote of the Day

Though I have a well in my house,
I am dying of thirst
because the rope is not
long enough.

Tengo yo un pozo en mi casa,
y yo me muero de sed
porque la soga no alcanza.

Tientos/Traditional

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