Sevillian ditty | Day was breaking

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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Translation © by Jennifer Capaldo

Cancioncilla

(Sung text for setting by P. Bowles)

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Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Amanecía
en el naranjel.
Abejitas de oro
buscaban la miel.

¿Dónde estará
la miel?

Está en la flor azul,
Isabel.
En la flor,
del romero aquel.

 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.

Composition:

Paul Frederic Bowles

Cuatro canciones de García Lorca

Text Authorship:

by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Cancioncilla sevillana", appears in Canciones, in Canciones para niños, first published 1921-4

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ENG English (Jennifer Capaldo) , "Sevillian ditty", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chansonnette sévillane", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 42

Sevillian ditty

(Sung text translation for setting by P. Bowles)

See original

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Day was breaking
in the orange-grove.
Little golden bees
were searching for honey.

Where will 
the honey be?

It will be in the blue flower,
Isabel.
In that rosemary flower.

 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-3 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2012 by Jennifer Capaldo, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Cancioncilla sevillana", appears in Canciones, in Canciones para niños, first published 1921-4
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This text was added to the website: 2012-08-27
Line count: 15
Word count: 50