TE QUIERO DIJISTE
(María Grever)

Javier Solis (Mexico)


Te quiero, dijiste tomando mis manos
entre tus manitas de blanco marfil.
Y sentí en mi pecho un fuerte latido después un suspiro 
y luego el chasquido de un beso febril.

Muñequita linda de cabellos de oro
de dientes de perla, labios de rubí.
Dime si me quieres cómo yo te quiero,
si de mí te acuerdas como yo de ti.

Y a veces escucho un eco divino
que envuelto en la brisa parece decir:
Sí te quiero mucho, mucho, mucho, mucho
tanto como entonces siempre hasta morir.

******

fr "Bathing Beauty" 1944 film sb Carlos Ramirez
Maria Grever (m & Sp l) Charles Pasquala (Eng l)  1944

as rec by Perry Como (radio) 1940's

also rec by-
Art Kassel
Freddy Martin & his Orch
Andy Russell & his Orch
Ann Sothern


Take care when you say "te quiero!",
Your lips may impart
Sweeter things than your heart
Means to say!
Take care when you say "te quiero!",
Don't whisper tonight
Words that fade in the light
Of the day!

Who knows if the spell that we're under
Will still be as strong when the moon is no longer there?
A heart that's swayed
In a moment such as this
May be betrayed
By the madness of a kiss!
When you say "te quiero!", take care!

Who knows if the spell that we're under
Will still be as strong when the moon is no longer there?
A heart that's swayed
In a moment such as this
May be betrayed
By the madness of a kiss!
When you say "te quiero!", take care!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - May 2011)