Muy [graciosa]1 es la [doncella,
¡cómo es bella y hermosa!]2

Digas tú, el marinero
que en [las]3 naves vivías
si la nave o la vela o la estrella
   es tan bella.

Digas tú, el caballero
que las armas vestías
si el caballo o las armas o la guerra
   es tan bella.

Digas tú, el pastorcico
que el ganadico guardas,
si el ganado o los valles o la sierra 
   es tan bella.

J. Rodrigo sets stanzas 1, 3, 2, 4, 1

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¹ Maiztegui: "preciosa"; further changes may exist not noted.
² Rodrigo: "doncella."
³ Rodrigo: "tus"

Text Authorship:

• by Gil Vicente (c1470 - c1536), no title [author's text checked 1 time 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 Isidro Buenaventura Maiztegui Pereiro (1905 - 1996), "Muy preciosa es la doncella", published 1945 [ voice and flute ], from Del amor y soledad : melodías para voz y flauta, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre (1901 - 1999), "Cantiga", stanzas 1,3,2,4,1, from Canciones de dos épocas, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Sabine-Casimire-Amable Tastu (1795 - 1885) , "La jeune fille", appears in Poésies nouvelles par Mme Amable Tastu, Paris, Éd. Denain et Delamare, first published 1835 ; composed by Auguste Ernest Bazille, Pauline Duchambge.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Emanuel von Geibel (1815 - 1884) , no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 7 ; composed by Robert Schumann.
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