Here comes the captive | Here comes the captive

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Anne Evans

Ya viene el cativo

Language: Spanish (Español) after the Ladino (Sephardic)

Our translations: ENG IRI

Ya viene el cativo
con todas las cativas.
Dientro de ellas
esta la blanca niña.
Ni amanecía
ni era de día
cuando la blanca niña
cantava su manzia.

'O qué campos verdes
O campos de olivas
onde mi madre Gracia
lavava y espandía.
O, qué pino hermozo
onde con mi espozo
baxo su solombra
dormíamos con gozo.
O, qué tombas blancas,
o tombas de avuelos
Paso sobre ellas
como paxaro en su vuelo.'

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• M. Valls

M. Valls sets lines 1-4

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, late 15th century [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Ladino (Sephardic) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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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 Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Ya viene el cativo", from Quarto Canciones en Ladino, no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]
by Manuel Valls i Gorina (1920 - 1984), "Ya viene el cativo", lines 1-4 [soprano, flute, and guitar], from Canciones sefarditas, no. 8. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (Anne Evans) , "Here comes the captive", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , "Cime Chugainn", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Anne Evans

This text was added to the website: 2013-11-12
Line count: 20
Word count: 73

Here comes the captive

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Here comes the captive
with all the women captives.
Among them
is the fair skinned girl
Dawn had not broken
nor was it yet day 
when the fair skinned girl
sang of her sorrows.

'O what green fields
O what fields of olives
where my mother Gracia
washed and hung clothes to dry. 
O, beautiful pine tree
where with my husband
we slept with pleasure 
under your shade.
O, white tombs,
tombs of my grandparents
I fly over you
like a bird in flight.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2013 by Anne Evans, (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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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , late 15th century
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Ladino (Sephardic) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2013-11-12
Line count: 20
Word count: 84