El jardín del Al‑Andalus

Nada más bello, andaluces,
que vuestras huertas frondosas,
jardines, bosques y ríos,
y claras fuentes sonoras.

Edén de los elegidos
es nuestra tierra dichosa;
si a mi arbitrio lo dejasen,
no viviría yo en otra.

El infierno no temáis,
ni sus penas espantosas;
que no es posible el infierno
cuando se vive en la gloria.

Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Authorship

• by ? ben Jafacha de Alcira (1058 - 1138) [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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

• by Antón García Abril (b. 1933), "El jardín del Al-Andalus" [voice and piano], from Canciones del jardín secreto, no. 5. [
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