Eyes so tristful | Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful

Translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)

¡Ojos tristes! ¡Ojos tristes!

Language: Spanish (Español)

¡Ojos tristes! ¡Ojos tristes!
¡Triste corazon pensoso!
Estando ya de reposo
Nuevo cuidado me diste.
De mi vida trabajosa 
¿Quién hallaré que se duela?

Mi ánima querellosa
En pena mal se consuela:
Vos fecistes, vos fecistes
A mí de vos querelloso,
¡Ojos tristes! yo no oso
Decir de quien vos vencistes.

Text Authorship:

by Diego de Saldaña , "¡Ojos tristes! ¡Ojos tristes!" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in English, a translation by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882) , "Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful" ; composed by Frederic Hymen Cowen, Sir.

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Word count: 51

Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful,
Heart so full of care and cumber,
I was lapped in rest and slumber,
Ye have made me wakeful, wistful!
In this life of labor endless
Who shall comfort my distresses?

Querulous my soul and friendless
In its sorrow shuns caresses.
Ye have made me, ye have made me
Querulous of you, that care not,
Eyes so tristful, yet I dare not
Say to what ye have betrayed me.

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Text Authorship:

by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), "Eyes so tristful, eyes so tristful" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Diego de Saldaña , "¡Ojos tristes! ¡Ojos tristes!"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Frederic Hymen Cowen, Sir (1852 - 1935), "Eyes so wistful", published 1892 [medium voice and piano], from Longfellow's Songs [
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by Frederic Hymen Cowen, Sir (1852 - 1935), "Eyes so tristful", published 1892 [voice and piano], from Nine Songs [
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-06-10
Line count: 12
Word count: 77