MADALING ARAW - Kundiman

Madaling Araw
Francisco Santiago

Pete Avendano - tenor
Mary Anne Espina - piano

English translation:

(Madaling Araw) Near the Break of Morn

My beloved, listen to the whisp' rings of my heart
Would that you perceive how in loving one gets hurt
Save me, spare me your piteous heart-rending glance
If only to kindle the embers to sustain my breath at once.

In the depths of yonder dark, you are the approaching dawn Then dangle me a vine of sympathy, a hand to fawn
Should in dying, I die the death of one who's with grief stricken
Just be near, just be near and I would breathe and quicken.

Should that happen to me, indeed how fortunate would I deemed be
With joy would I be filled to the brim and you did it for me
The day is slowly, slowly breaking, my love and my light
Come my beloved and envelop me with delight

Nymph, how fortunate now will my life be
I have seen your charm and beauty.
The dawn's my life and my beacon
Come my beloved and envelop me with your passion.

Look yonder window, dear, you're my light my darling
the day is slowly breaking


Kundiman (originally spelled Cundiman) is a genre of traditional Filipino love songs. The lyrics of the Kundiman are written in Tagalog. The melody is characterized by a smooth, flowing and gentle rhythm with dramatic intervals. Kundiman was the traditional means of serenade in the Philippines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundiman

Category:

Music

Tags:

• harana
• kundiman
• madaling araw
• francisco santiago
• nicanor abelardo
• bituing marikit
• pete avendano
• tenor
• filipino
• love
• art song
• classical
• serenade
• cristopher avendano
• leopoldo silos
• ernani cuenco
• levi celerio
• UST Music
• University of Sto Tomas
• Ust Singers
• mary anne Espina
• traditional
• philippines
• song
• love song
• pag-ibig
• i love you
• je taime
• ich liebe dich
• musiktenor

[trudbol]

Wonderfully and masterfully performed, Pete. It gave me the shivers.

[musiktenor]

@trudbol Thanks Julien! Just imagine this type of songs were used to serenade young ladies back in the early days. The tradition is now gone. No more serenading... just texting and emailing...and perhaps by using facebook!

[trudbol]

@musiktenor We live in different times indeed... though you can now send your YouTube serenade video... by Facebook, right? And would you believe I serenaded my wife? We were in a musical (Carousel, by Rodgers and Hammerstein II) and both had lead roles. Our acting and singing on stage brought us together in real life. ;-)

Look forward to more videos from you.

PS: Don't forget to add more tag words to your list, it helps : musiktenor, tenor, song, philippines, traditional, fillipino, love, ...