The sorrowful woman no. 1 | Oh, cruel Death!

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by Fernando Periquet (1873 - 1940)

Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

La maja dolorosa No. 1

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

¡Oh muerte cruel!
¿Por qué tú, a traición,
mi majo arrebataste a mi pasión?
¡No quiero vivir sin él,
porque es morir, porque es morir
así vivir!

No es posible ya
sentir más dolor:
en lágrimas deshecha ya mi alma está.
¡Oh Dios, torna mi amor,
porque es morir, porque es morir
así vivir!

Text Authorship:

by Fernando Periquet (1873 - 1940) [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 Enrique Granados y Campiña (1867 - 1916), "La maja dolorosa No. 1", from Colección de tonadillas, no. 9. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , "The sorrowful woman no. 1", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La femme affligée no. 1", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "La maja addolorata", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 54

The sorrowful woman no. 1

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Oh, cruel Death!
Why have you, pitilessly,
Stolen my love away from me?
I don’t want to live without him,
Because it is death, it is death
To live this way!

It is impossible
To feel more pain:
My spirit is dissolved in tears.
Oh, God, return my love
Because it is death, it is death
To live this way!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Fernando Periquet (1873 - 1940)
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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 60