Curse | Woe to you, mother Spain!

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Emerson Barrett

Imprecación

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

¡Ay de ti, madre España!  
¡Ay de ti, la mal guarnida!  
Que por sólo una doncella  
de un traidor será vendida.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Julián Bautista (1901 - 1961), "Imprecación", op. 20 no. 3 (1956), first performed 1956 [ 2 female soli and mixed chorus a cappella ], from Romance del Rey Don Rodrigo, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Emerson Barrett) , "Curse", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-09
Line count: 4
Word count: 21

Curse

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Woe to you, mother Spain!
Woe to you, the poorly adorned!
That for only a dollar, her maidenhead
to a traitor, will be sold.

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Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2024 by Emerson Barrett, (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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2024-10-31
Line count: 4
Word count: 24