The source credits words and music to Lehrer, with thanks to Munro Edmonson. He sings in Spanish while she answers in English. After the opening solos, the parallel columns show overlapping parts; this reading presents each paired passage one voice at a time, with separate reprises and codas. The marked alternative Spanish couplet is excluded. Spelling, accents and line wraps follow the sheet rather than silently modernizing its Spanish.
Te amo, vida de mi vida,
Te amo con todo mi corazón.
Por tí yo muero, mi querida,
Déjame decirte mi pasión.
The moon is high above,
And I'm in the mood for love,
And I just love the song he is playing,
The night is so romantic,
But it's driving me just frantic,
Cause I don't understand a word he's
saying.
My troubles all might vanish
If I knew a little Spanish,
But I'm afraid it's only Greek to me.
And yet I wish I knew
Just what the guy would do
If I should say "Si, Si."
Mi amor,
Un favor
Yo te pido.
Mi amor,
Un favor
Un besito de contestación.
I think he said "amor."
I've heard that word before.
I'm almost sure that love
Is what he's thinking of.
There he goes again!
Te amo,
vida
de mi vida.
Te amo
con todo
mi corazón.
Por tí
yo muero,
mi querida.
Déjame
decirte
mí pasión.
The moon is high above,
And I'm in the mood for love,
And I just love the song that he's playing.
The night is so romantic,
But it's driving me just frantic,
'Cause I don't understand a word he's saying.
My troubles all might vanish
If I knew a little Spanish,
But I'm afraid it's only Greek to me.
And yet I wish I knew
Just what the guy would do,
If I should say "Si, Si."
Si, Si?
Si, Si?
Ella dice "Si, Si"!
Si, Si!
Si, Si!
So we shall see, Si, Si!