Castillo, dáteme, date, sino dártehe yo combate. Castillo de alto cimiento adó está mi pensamiento, procede de ti el contento que el corazón arrebate: sino dártehe yo combate. Castillo hermoso y dorado do aposenta mi cuidado, muéstrame tu puente o vado por dar a mis penas mate, sino dártehe yo combate. Castillo de gran altura dechado de la hermosura, pues en ti está mi ventura sus tiros y armas abate, sino dártehe yo combate.
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Confirmed with Floresta de rimas antiguas castellanas, primera parte, segunda edicion, ed. by Johann Nikolaus Böhl von Faber, Hamburg: Friedrich Perthes, 1827, no. 338, page 359. This version or adaptation reappears in the London Magazine and in German publications.
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- a text in Spanish (Español) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , no title
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914) , no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 52 ENG SPA ; composed by Julius Hermann Krigar, Wilhelm Langhans.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (John Bowring, Sir) , "Yield, thou castle!"
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Yield, thou castle ! yield, I march me to the field. Thy walls are proud and high, My thoughts all dwell with thee Now yield thee -- yield thee -- I Am come for victory; I march me to the field. Thy halls are fair and gay, And there resides my grief; Thy bridge, -- thy cover'd way, Prepare for my relief; I march me to the field. Thy towers sublimely rise In beauty's brightest glow ; There, there, my comfort lies, O ! give me welcome now : I march me to the field.
Text Authorship:
- by John Bowring, Sir (1792 - 1872), "Yield, thou castle!" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Not Applicable [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , no title
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-28
Line count: 17
Word count: 88