Nightwatchman! | Nightwatchman! In my house there is a man

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

¡Sereno!

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

¡Sereno! En mi casa hay un hombre
durmiendo con un capotón.
En la mano llevaba un reloj 
y un puñal de plata.
¡Ay! Sereno, este hombre me mata.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [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 Jesus Guridi Bidaola (1886 - 1961), "¡Sereno!", from Seis canciones castellanas, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Nightwatchman! ", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 28

Nightwatchman!

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Nightwatchman! In my house there is a man
sleeping under a cloak.
He was wearing a watch and in his hands
holding a silver dagger.
Ah! Nightwatchman, this man is killing me.

Translator's note: "Sereno" can also refer to a guardian or protector.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-02-13
Line count: 5
Word count: 32