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by Fernando Periquet (1873 - 1940)

El majo discreto
 (Sung text for setting by E. Granados)
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Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE GER
Dicen que mi majo es feo.
Es posible que sí que lo sea,
que amor es deseo
que ciega y marea.
Ha tiempo que sé
que quien ama no ve.

Mas si no es mi majo un hombre
que por lindo descuelle y asombre,
en cambio es discreto
y guarda un secreto
que yo posé en él
sabiendo que es fiel.

¿Cuál es el secreto
que el majo guardó?
Sería indiscreto
contarlo yo.
No poco trabajo costara saber
secretos de un majo con una mujer.
Nació en Lavapiés.
¡Eh, ¡eh! ¡Es
un majo, un majo es!

Composition:

    Set to music by Enrique Granados y Campiña (1867 - 1916), "El majo discreto", from Colección de tonadillas, no. 3

Text Authorship:

  • by Fernando Periquet (1873 - 1940)

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

  • ENG English (Pamela Narbona Jerez) , "The discreet lover", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'amoureux discret", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Der diskrete Majo", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 96

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