Ya viene el cativo

Ya viene el cativo
con todas las cativas.
Dientro de ellas
esta la blanca niña.
Ni amanecía
ni era de día
cuando la blanca niña
cantava su manzia.

'O qué campos verdes
O campos de olivas
onde mi madre Gracia
lavava y espandía.
O, qué pino hermozo
onde con mi espozo
baxo su solombra
dormíamos con gozo.
O, qué tombas blancas,
o tombas de avuelos
Paso sobre ellas
como paxaro en su vuelo.'

Translation(s): ENG IRI

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Submitted by Anne Evans

Authorship

• by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, late 15th century [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

• a text in Ladino (Sephardic) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
• Go to the text.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Ya viene el cativo", from Quarto Canciones en Ladino, no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]
• by Manuel Valls i Gorina (1920 - 1984), "Ya viene el cativo", lines 1-4 [soprano, flute, and guitar], from Canciones sefarditas, no. 8. [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Anne Evans) , "Here comes the captive", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "Cime Chugainn", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2013-11-12T00:00:00.
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Here comes the captive

Here comes the captive
with all the women captives.
Among them
is the fair skinned girl
Dawn had not broken
nor was it yet day 
when the fair skinned girl
sang of her sorrows.

'O what green fields
O what fields of olives
where my mother Gracia
washed and hung clothes to dry. 
O, beautiful pine tree
where with my husband
we slept with pleasure 
under your shade.
O, white tombs,
tombs of my grandparents
I fly over you
like a bird in flight.

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• a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist, late 15th century IRI SPA
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Anonymous/Unidentified Artist, Manuel Valls i Gorina. Go to the text.

• a text in Ladino (Sephardic) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
• Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2013-11-12T00:00:00.
Last modified: 2014-06-16T10:05:23
Line count: 20
Word count: 84