Duérmete mi alma.
Duérmete mi vida,
que tu padre el malo.
Se fuè con la blanca niña
Y nuevo amor.

Yo me fuè tras él
por ver donde iba,
Y lo vi entrar
en donde la blanca niña.
Y nuevo amor.

Duérmete mi alma!
Duérmete mi vida,
que tu padre viene
de onde la linda amiga 
Y nuevo amor.

Yo me fuè atras
por ver lo que aria...
volvime a mi casa
triste y desbalida...
y nuevo amor.

Duérmete, mi alma.

Text Authorship:

• from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , as Traditional [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 Elsa Olivieri Sangiacomo Respighi (1894 - 1996), "Duermete mi alma", 1918, published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from 3 Canzoni su testi spagnoli, no. 3, Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• ENG English (Dr Malinda Haslett) , "Sleep, my beloved.", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor] , Dr Malinda Haslett

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