El mirar de la maja

¿Por qué es en mis ojos
tan hondo el mirar
que a fin de cortar
desdenes y enojos
los suelo entornar?
¿Qué fuego dentro llevarán
que si acaso con calor
los clavo en mi amor
sonrojo me dan?

Por eso el chispero
a quien mi alma dí
al verse ante mí
me tira el sombrero
y díceme así:
"Mi Maja, no me mires más
que tus ojos rayos son 
y ardiendo en pasión
la muerte me dan."

Translation(s): ENG FRE

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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 mirar de la maja", from Colección de tonadillas, no. 5. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Pamela Narbona Jerez) , title 1: "The gaze of the beloved", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Le regard de la belle", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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The gaze of the beloved

Because my eyes
hold such an intense gaze
in order to avoid
disdain and fighting
I tend to look away
What fire do they carry inside,
that with only a little passion,
when I look at my lover,
they cause me to blush?

That's why this fiery man
to whom I gave my soul
when standing in front of me
tosses a hat my way
and says to me:
"my love, do not look at me anymore
for your eyes are lightning
and burning in desire
they give me death."

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• Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2008 by Pamela Narbona Jerez, (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
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Enrique Granados y Campiña. Go to the text.

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