from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation © by Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes

Paxaro d'hermosura
Language: Ladino (Sephardic)  after the Ladino (Sephardic) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Por una caza chica, 
vidi una hijica.
De años era chica.
Le declaré l'amor.

Text Authorship:

Based on:

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

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

  • ENG English (Emerson Barrett) , "Bird of beauty", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Bei einen kleinen Haus", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes

This text was added to the website: 2015-10-13
Line count: 4
Word count: 14

Bei einen kleinen Haus
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Ladino (Sephardic) 
Bei einen kleinen Haus,
habe ich ein Töchterlein gesehen.
Sie war jung in Jahre.
Ich habe Ihr meine Liebe gestanden.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Ladino (Sephardic) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes, (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.
    Contact: 

Based on:

Based on:

 

This text was added to the website: 2015-10-13
Line count: 4
Word count: 20