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¿Dónde vais, Zagala, Sola en el monte? Mas quien lleva el sol no teme la noche. ¿Dónde vais, María, Divina Esposa, Madre gloriosa De quien os cría? ¿Qué hareis si el día Se va al ocaso, Y en el monte acaso La noche os coge? Mas quien lleva el sol no teme la noche. El ver las estrellas Me cause enojos, Pero vuestros ojos Más lucen que ellas; Ya sale con ellas La noche oscura, A vuestra hermosura La luz se esconde; Mas quien lleva el sol no teme la noche.
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Confirmed with Lope Felix de Vega Carpio, Pastores de Belén. Prosas y Versos Divinos, Lérida: no publisher, 1617, pages 30 - 31. Appears in Libro primero. No title is shown in this edition, but some later editions use the title "La huida a Egipto"
Text Authorship:
- by Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562 - 1635), no title, appears in Pastores de Belén. Prosas y Versos Divinos [author's text checked 1 time 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 Roberto Caamaño (1923 - 1993), "¿Dónde vais, zagala?", op. 4 no. 2 (1954) [ voice and piano ], from Tres cantos de Navidad, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Imant Raminsh (b. 1943), "¿Dónde vais, zagala?", 1971 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Imant Raminsh (b. 1943), "¿Dónde vais, zagala?", 1982 [ soprano, mixed chorus, and strings ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Wohin des Weges, Hirtenmädchen", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-05-05
Line count: 24
Word count: 91
Wohin des Weges, Hirtenmädchen, ganz alleine im Gebirg? Doch wer die Sonne trägt, der fürchtet nicht die Nacht. Wohin des Wegs, Maria, göttliche Gemahlin, ruhmwürd'ge Mutter, die Ihr uns das Kind geschenkt? Was macht Ihr, wenn der Tag sich neiget, und im Gebirg vielleicht die Nacht Euch überfällt? Doch wer die Sonne trägt, der fürchtet nicht die Nacht. Die Stern' zu sehen, macht mich tief verdrossen, hingegen Eure Augen - viel heller strahlen sie; schon tritt sie auf mit ihnen, die finst're Nacht. Vor Eurer Pracht und Schönheit verbirgt sich selbst das Licht. Doch wer die Sonne trägt, der fürchtet nicht die Nacht.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Spanish (Español) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2013 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562 - 1635), no title, appears in Pastores de Belén. Prosas y Versos Divinos
This text was added to the website: 2013-12-13
Line count: 24
Word count: 102