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Dicen que mi majo es feo. Es posible que sí que lo sea, que amor es deseo que ciega y marea. Ha tiempo que sé que quien ama no ve. Mas si no es mi majo un hombre que por lindo descuelle y asombre, en cambio es discreto y guarda un secreto que yo posé en él sabiendo que es fiel. ¿Cuál es el secreto que el majo guardó? Sería indiscreto contarlo yo. No poco trabajo costara saber secretos de un majo con una mujer. Nació en Lavapiés. ¡Eh, ¡eh! ¡Es un majo, un majo es!
Authorship
- by Fernando Periquet (1873 - 1940) [author's text not yet checked 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 Enrique Granados y Campiña (1867 - 1916), "El majo discreto", from Colección de tonadillas, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Pamela Narbona Jerez) , "The discreet lover", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'amoureux discret", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Der diskrete Majo", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Die Leute sagen, dass mein Mann hässlich ist. Und vielleicht ist das auch wahr, Da Liebe ein Begehren ist, Das blind und verrückt macht. Aber wenn mein Mann kein richtiger Mann ist, Dessen Schönheit überragt und erstaunt, Ist er hingegen verschwiegen Und behält ein Geheimnis Das ich ihm anvertraue, Im Wissen, dass er treu ist. Was für ein Geheimnis kann es sein, Das der Mann bewahrt? Es wäre indiskret, es zu erzählen. Es würde viel Mühe bereiten, Einem Paar seine Geheimnisse zu entlocken. Er wurde in Lavapiés geboren. Er ist ein Mann, ein richtiger, schöner Mann!
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- Translation from Spanish (Español) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes, (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 Fernando Periquet (1873 - 1940)
This text was added to the website: 2015-09-21
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