Martin Codax

Ondas do mar de Vigo
Se vistes meu amigo?
E ay deus! se verra cedo
Ondas do mar levado
Se vistes meu amado?
E ay deus! se verra cedo
Se vistes meu amigo
O por que eu sospiro
E ay deus! se verra cedo
Se vistes meu amado
O por que ei gran coidado
E ay deus! se verra cedo

Waves of the sea of Vigo
Do you see my friend?
And ah God! to see him soon
Waves of the rising sea
Do you see my beloved?
And ah God! to see him soon
Do you see my friend
The one for whom I sigh
And ah God! to see him soon
Do you see my beloved
For whom I care so much
And ah God! to see him soon

Mandad’ei comigo
Ca ven meu amigo
E irei, mad’r, a Vigo
Comigo’ei mandado
Ca ven meu amado
E irei, mad’r, a Vigo
Ca ven meu amigo
E ven san’e vivo
E irei, mad’r, a Vigo
Ca ven meu amado
E ven viv’e sano
E irei, mad’r, a Vigo
Ca ven san’e vivo
E d’el rei amigo
E irei, mad’r, a Vigo
Ca ven viv’e sano
E d’el rei privado
E irei, mad’r, a Vigo

Word came today
My friend’s on his way
And I’m going, mother, to Vigo
Today came the tidings
My lover is arriving
And I’m going, mother, to Vigo
My friend’s on his way
And is alive and well
And I’m going, mother, to Vigo
My lover is arriving
And is well and alive
And I’m going, mother, to Vigo
He is alive and well
And is the King’s friend
And I’m going, mother, to Vigo
He’s well and alive
And is the King’s ally
And I’m going, mother, to Vigo

Martin Codax, Galicia, 13th Century. Discovered in 1913 by antiquarian bookseller and bibliophile Pedro Vindel, Madrid.