Murcian cloth | Pray tell, Mr. Silversmith

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Karenn Chutjian Presti

Paño murciano

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

Diga usted, señor platero,
Cuanta plata es menester
para engarzar un besito
de boca de una mujer.

Señor platero, he pensado
que usted sabe engarzar;
por eso le vengo a dar
una obrita de cuidado.

A mí un besito me ha dado
mi novia¹ con gran salero.
Engarzarlo en plata quiero,
porque soy su fiel amante.

¿Qué plata será bastante?
diga usted, señor platero.

View original text (without footnotes)
¹ or "novio" if a woman is singing the song.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Joaquín Nin y Castellanos (1879 - 1949), "Paño murciano" [voice and piano], from Veinte cantos populares españoles [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Karenn Chutjian Presti) , "Murcian cloth", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Danielle Woerner

This text was added to the website: 2010-05-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 64

Murcian cloth

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Pray tell, Mr. Silversmith,
How much silver do I need
To set a little kiss
From the mouth of a woman?

Mr. Silversmith, thinking
That you know how to make settings;
I've come to give you
A little task that requires some care.

My beloved gave me a kiss
That was charming.
I'd like to have it set in silver
Because I am her faithful lover.

What kind of silver will suffice? 
Tell me, Mr. Silversmith.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-11
Line count: 14
Word count: 77