Seigneur, tu m'as arraché ce que j'aimais le plus

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by António Machado (1875 - 1939)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Señor, ya me arrancaste lo que yo más...

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER GER

Señor, ya me arrancaste lo que yo más queria.
Oye otra vez, Dios mío, mi corazón clamar.
Tu voluntad se hizo, Señor, contra la mía.
Señor, ya estamos solos mi corazón y el mar.

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Confirmed with Essays on Hispanic Literature in Honor of Edmund L. King, ed. by Sylvia Molloy and Luis Fernández Cifuentes, Tamesis Books Limited, London, 1983, page 168.

Text Authorship:

by António Machado (1875 - 1939) [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 Luigi Dallapiccola (1904 - 1975), "Señor, ya me arrancaste lo que yo más queria", 1948, published 1964, orchestrated 1964 [soprano or tenor and chamber orchestra], from Quattro liriche di Antonio Machado, no. 3, Milan, Suvini Zerboni, also set in Italian (Italiano) [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG FRE GER GER ; composed by Luigi Dallapiccola.

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

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 34

Seigneur, tu m'as arraché ce que...

Language: French (Français) after the Spanish (Español)

Seigneur, tu m'as arraché ce que j'aimais le plus.
À nouveau écoute, mon Dieu, le cri de mon cœur.
Ta volonté a été faite, Seigneur, contre la mienne.
Seigneur, nous sommes seuls, mon cœur et la mer.

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Translation from Spanish (Español) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 by Guy Laffaille, (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 António Machado (1875 - 1939)
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This text was added to the website: 2017-01-18
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Word count: 37