by Fernando Periquet (1873 - 1940)

Callejeo
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Dos horas ha que callejeo
pero no veo,
nerviosa ya, sin calma,
al que le di confiada
el alma.

No vi hombre jamás
que mintiera más que el majo
que hoy me engaña;
mas no le ha de valer
pues siempre fui mujer de maña
y, si es menester,
correré sin parar,
tras él, entera España.

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

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

  • ENG English (Pamela Narbona Jerez) , "I wander", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Dans les rues", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 56