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by Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562 - 1635)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Temblando estaba de frío

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: GER

Temblando estaba de frío
el mayor fuego del cielo,
y el que hizo el tiempo mismo,
sujeto al rigor del tiempo.

¡Ay, Niño tierno!
¿cómo, si os quema amor, tembláis de hielo?

El que hizo con su mano
los discordes elementos,
naciendo está por el hombre
a la inclemencia sujeto.

¡Ay, Niño tierno!
¿cómo, si os quema amor, tembláis de hielo?

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Text Authorship:

by Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562 - 1635), "Temblando estaba de frío" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Roberto Caamaño (1923 - 1993), "Temblando estaba del frío", op. 4 no. 3 (1954) [ voice and piano ], from Tres cantos de Navidad, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Vor Kälte zitternd", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

Vor Kälte zitternd

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

Vor Kälte zitternd,
er, das größte Himmelsfeuer,
er, der die Zeit geschaffen,
ist der Zeiten Härte unterworfen.

Ach, zartes Kind!
Wie? Wenn Euch die Lieb verbrennt, erzittert Ihr in Eis und Frost?

Er, der mit seiner Hand geschaffen hat
die unverträglichen Elemente,
dem Menschen ist er nun geboren
und rauher Strenge ausgesetzt.

Ach, zartes Kind!
Wie? Wenn Euch die Lieb verbrennt, erzittert Ihr in Eis und Frost?

Text Authorship:

Translation from Spanish (Español) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2013 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 Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562 - 1635), "Temblando estaba de frío"
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 67