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by Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562 - 1635)

Cantarcillo
 (Sung text for setting by E. Toldrà)
 Matches original text
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  ENG
 Pues andáis en las palmas,
 ángeles santos,
 que se duerme mi niño,
 tened los ramos.

 Palmas de Belén
 que mueven airados
 los furiosos vientos
 que suenan tanto:
 no le hagáis ruido,
 corred más paso,
 que se duerme mi niño,
 tened los ramos.

 El niño divino,
 que está cansado
 de llorar en la tierra
 por su descanso,
 sosegar quiere un poco
 del tierno llanto.
 Que se duerme mi niño,
 tened los ramos.

 Rigurosos yelos
 le están cercando;
 ya veis que no tengo
 con qué guardarlo.
 Ángeles divinos
 que váis volando,
 que se duerme mi niño,
 tened los ramos.

Composition:

    Set to music by Eduard Toldrà Soler (1895 - 1962), "Cantarcillo", 1940-1, from Seis canciones, no. 5

Text Authorship:

  • by Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562 - 1635), no title, appears in Pastores de Belén. Prosas y Versos Divinos

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

  • ENG English (Lena Platt) (Daniel Platt) , "Little Canticle of the Virgin", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-08
Line count: 28
Word count: 98

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