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Goyescas

Opera by Enrique Granados y Campiña (1867 - 1916)

?. La maja y el ruiseñor
 (Sung text)

Language: Spanish (Español) 
¿Por qué entre sombras el ruiseñor 
entona su armonioso cantar?
¿ Acaso al rey del día guarda rencor ?
¿ Y de él quiere algún agravio vengar?
Guarda quizás su pecho oculto tal dolor,
que en la sombra espera alivio hallar,
triste entonando cantos de amor. ¡Ay!
¡Y tal vez alguna flor temblorosa del pudor de amor,
es la esclava enamorada de su cantor!...
 
¡Misterio es el cantar 
que entona envuelto en sombra el ruiseñor!
¡Ah!  Son los amores como flor 
a merced de la mar.
¡Amor! ¡Amor!
¡Ah, no hay cantar sin amor!
¡Ah! ruiseñor: es tu cantar 
himno de amor.

Text Authorship:

  • by Fernando Periquet (1873 - 1940)

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

  • ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The girl and the nightingale", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Die Maja und die Nachtigall", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes , David Wyatt
Total word count: 101
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