El majo timido

Llega a mi reja y me mira
por la noche un majo
que, en cuanto me ve y suspira,
se va calle abajo.
¡Ay qué tío más tardío!
¡Si así se pasa la vida estoy
divertida!

[Otra vez pasa y se alejo]1
y no se entusiasma
[y bajito yo le digo]2
¡Adiós Don Fantasma!
¡Ay que tío más tardío!
[Si así se pasa la vida
estoy divertida.]3

Translation(s): ENG FRE GER

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¹ or "Si hoy también pasa y me mira".
² or "pues le suelto este saludo:"
³ or "¡Odian las enamoradas / las rejas calladas!"

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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), "El majo timido", from Colección de tonadillas, no. 6. [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

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

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "L'amoureux timide", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , title 1: "A timid man", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , title 1: "Der schüchternde Majo", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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A timid man

Coming to my window grate to look at me
In the evening is a gent
Who, when he has seen enough, sighs
And disappears down the road.
Ah, what a fleeting fellow!
If this is how life will go, 
it’ll kill me!

It happens again and he runs away
And so, without enthusiasm,
I say softly to him,
“Adios, Mr. Ghost!”
Ah, what a fleeting fellow!
If this is how life will go, 
it’ll kill me!

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• Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P. Rosewall, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
  
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• a text in Spanish (Español) by Fernando Periquet (1873 - 1940) FRE GER
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Enrique Granados y Campiña. Go to the text.

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