Una sañosa porfía
sin ventura va pujando.
ya nunca tuve alegria
ya mi mal se va ordenando.
 
Ya fortuna disponia
quitar mi prospero mando,
qu'el bravo leon d'Espana
mal me vien amenazando.

Note: Title translates as "A brutal doomed war"; Lament of Boabdil the last Moorish king of Granada. 1492

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 Juan del Encina (1468 - 1529?), "Una sañosa porfía" [
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Researcher for this page: Steven Cox

This text was added to the website: 2009-09-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 32