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¡Ay, qué trabajo me cuesta quererte como te quiero! Por tu amor me duele el aire, el corazón y el sombrero. ¿Quién me compraría a mí este cintillo que tengo y esta tristeza de hilo blanco, para hacer pañuelos? ¡Ay, qué trabajo me cuesta quererte como te quiero!
Text Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Es verdad", appears in Canciones, in Andaluzas [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 Bañuelas (b. 1931), "Es verdad", 1971 [ medium-high voice and piano ], from Tres canciones españolas: para canto y piano, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Suzanne Baron Supervielle (1910 - 2004), "Es verdad", 1952 [ voice and piano ], from Nueve canciones de Federico García Lorca, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Juan José Castro (1895 - 1968), "Es verdad", 1938 [ voice and piano ], from Seis canciones de García Lorca, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francisco García Muñoz (1908 - 1996), "Es verdad" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Odaline de la Martinez (b. 1949), "Es Verdad" [ mezzo-soprano, piano and percussion ], from Canciones, no. 3, Composers Edition
Publisher: Composers Edition [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by Manuel Oltra i Ferrer (1922 - 2015), "Es verdad" [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Tres Andaluzas, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Silvestre Revueltas (1899 - 1940), "Es verdad", ISR 2 no. 7, R 69 no. 7 (1939), published 1945, orchestrated 1969 [ voice and piano or instrumental ensemble ], from Cinco canciones para niños y dos canciones profanas, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Jeffrey Tang) , "It’s True", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Hein Calis
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-13
Line count: 11
Word count: 48
Oh, what hard work it is for me to love you the way I love you! Because of your love the air hurts me, my heart and [even] my hat. Who would buy from me this headband I have and this sadness of white thread, to make handkerchiefs? Oh, what hard work it is for me to love you the way I love you!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2023 by Jeffrey Tang, (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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Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Es verdad", appears in Canciones, in Andaluzas
This text was added to the website: 2023-04-10
Line count: 11
Word count: 64