Marta
The Bachelors Lyrics


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Marta, Rambling rose of the wildwood
Marta, with your fragrance divine
Rosebud, of the days of my childhood
Watched you bloom in the wild wood
and I hoped you'd be mine.

Marta, now your eyes beam at twilight
sparkling like each dewdrop at dawn
Marta, when I look for your love light
I awake with a sigh
and I find you are gone.

Marta, Rambling rose of the wildwood
Marta, with your fragrance divine
Rosebud of the days of my childhood
Watched you bloom in the wildwood
and I hoped you'd be mine

Marta, now your eyes beam at twilight
sparkling like each dewdrop at dawn




Marta, when I look for your love light
I awake with a sigh, and I find you are gone.

Overall Meaning

The song "Marta" by The Bachelors tells the story of a person's love for a woman named Marta. The lyrics paint Marta as a beautiful and fragrant wild rose that the singer watched bloom from a rosebud in his childhood, hoping she would be his one day. As time passes, Marta's beauty only grows, but the singer's love for her remains unrequited. He searches for her love but finds that she is always elusive, gone just as quickly as she appears.


On the surface, "Marta" can be interpreted as a simple love song about unfulfilled longing. However, a deeper analysis of the lyrics reveals a message about the transience of life and the fleeting nature of love. Marta symbolizes the joy and beauty of youth that inevitably fades with the passing of time. The singer's inability to possess her love represents the futility of trying to hold onto things that are fleeting and impermanent.


Overall, "Marta" is a hauntingly beautiful song that speaks to the human desire for love and the inevitability of loss.


Line by Line Meaning

Marta, Rambling rose of the wildwood
Marta, you are like a wildflower that grows freely in nature.


Marta, with your fragrance divine
Marta, your scent is heavenly and mesmerizing.


Rosebud, of the days of my childhood
You remind me of my childhood and the memories associated with it.


Watched you bloom in the wildwood
I witnessed you grow and thrive in your natural habitat.


and I hoped you'd be mine.
I wanted to possess your beauty and keep it with me forever.


Marta, now your eyes beam at twilight
As time passes, you have blossomed into a mature and beautiful woman.


sparkling like each dewdrop at dawn
Your eyes glisten with a radiance that is reminiscent of the morning dew.


Marta, when I look for your love light
When I search for your affection and attention,


I awake with a sigh
I realize that my love for you is unrequited.


and I find you are gone.
You are either physically or emotionally unavailable to me.




Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: L. WOLFE GILBERT, MOISES SIMONS

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Comments from YouTube:

@williamschlenger1518

I loved this song then & I love it now at 79yrs.old & I'm in love 💕 again.

@mousecat9398

i was born in 1967 and i know my mum loved the bachelors...i wonder if she knew this track....Rip mum

@brianharris7058

What a beautiful song, what gorgeous voices the Bachelors had. This song brings back so many wonderful memories.

@john111257

Their last top 20 hit, another oldie

@Artyfiction

This song always reminds me of my wonderful mother ...'.I awake with a sigh and I find you are gone...'.. Sadly missed

@ashleytemme8573

roy

@kimberleyfarley6021

My Mum was named from the song and I feel the same everytime I hear it.

@42peter1

I knew the Marta of this song in the 1960s and 70s!  She was French and the song was written by her Cuban father, living in Paris, and dedicated to his new baby.  He had taken part in the Spanish Civil War. Lovely lady - can't hear it without thinking of her.

@davidmiller8896

Peter Worley

@gilliangordon

Me and my mum and my bro love this. Remember it from the 60s
Lovely memories

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