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by Saint John of the Cross, né Juan de Yepes Alvarez (1542 - 1591)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Cantico de la esposa

(Sung text for setting by M. Garcia Morante)

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Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: GER ITA

Esposa:
  ¿Adónde te escondiste,
amado, y me dejaste con gemido?
Como el ciervo huiste,
habiéndome herido;
salí tras ti, clamando, y ya eras ido.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

Composition:

Manuel Garcia Morante

Cuatro canciones de San Juan de la Cruz

Text Authorship:

by Saint John of the Cross, né Juan de Yepes Alvarez (1542 - 1591), "Cántico espiritual: Canciones entre el alma y el esposo"

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GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Lied der Braut", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Giorgio Albeggiani) , "Cantico della sposa", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Lied der Braut

(Sung text translation for setting by M. Garcia Morante)

See original

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Spanish (Español)

Wo hältst du dich verborgen, mein Geliebter,
und lässt mich in Tränen zurück?
Wie der Hirsch hast du das Weite gesucht,
nachdem du mich gekränkt hast:
flehend folgte ich dir, jedoch du warst entschwunden.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanza 1 of the original text.

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Translation from Spanish (Español) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2008 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in Spanish (Español) by Saint John of the Cross, né Juan de Yepes Alvarez (1542 - 1591), "Cántico espiritual: Canciones entre el alma y el esposo"
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