If with my desires | If with my desires

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by Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562 - 1635)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Si con mis deseos

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Si con mis deseos
Los tiempos caminaran,
Al sol aventajaran 
Los pasos giganteos, 
Y mis dulces empleos 
Celebrará Sevilla, 
Sin envidiar celosa
Amante venturosa 
La regalada y tierna tortolilla,
Que con arrullos roncos 
Tálamos hace de los huecos troncos.

Text Authorship:

by Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562 - 1635), appears in La estrella de Sevilla [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 Turina (1882 - 1949), "Si con mis deseos", op. 90 no. 2 (1935), published 1936 [soprano and piano], from Homenaje a Lope Vega, no. 2, Madrid: UME [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "If with my desires", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Si avec mes désirs", copyright © 2017, (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: 11
Word count: 40

If with my desires

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

If with my desires
time were to walk along,
giant steps will then surpass
even the sun,
and Seville shall celebrate my 
sweet labors,
without a fortunate lover
jealously envying me,
that tender turtledove
I received as a gift.
So with shrill cooings
this turtledove shall make a marriage bed
out of hollow trunks.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2018 by Andrew Schneider, (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 Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562 - 1635), appears in La estrella de Sevilla
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-29
Line count: 13
Word count: 54