Song of a Girl Going to Bathe

If my friend only knew,

today he’d go too:

   I’m off to the river to bathe,

   by the sea.

If he only knew where,

he’d go with me there:

   I’m off to the river to bathe,

   by the sea.

My cape’s on my shoulders;

if only they’d told him:

   I’m off to the river to bathe,

   by the sea.

  ____

“cantiga de amigo”*

Se hoj’o meu amigo

soubess’, iria migo:

     eu al rio me vou banhar,

     e al mar.

Se hoj’el este dia

soubesse, migo iria:

     eu al rio me vou banhar,

     e al mar.

Quem lhi dissess’atanto:

ca já filhei o manto;

     eu al rio me vou banhar,

     e al mar.

* “cantiga de amigo” is not the title (the Galician-Portuguese cantigas—songs—were untitled) but the genre, and means roughly “song about/for a friend.” Further explanation is found in the translator’s note.