Sad | I, too, can have a soul full

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by Elías Regules (1860 - 1929)

Translation © by Andrew Schneider

Triste

Language: Spanish (Español)

Available translation(s): ENG

Yo también puedo tener 
de afectos el alma llena,
Que donde vive una pena 
puede brotar un placer.
Pues en todo hay, a mi ver,
Dulzura con esplendor:
El tigre tiene su amor,
Su cariño la paloma,
La rosa brinda su aroma
Y hasta el cardo tiene flor.

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by Elías Regules (1860 - 1929) [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 Félix Eduardo Fabini (1882 - 1950), "Triste", 1925 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "Sad", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 10
Word count: 48

Sad

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

I, too, can have a soul full
of all manner of affections,
For wheresoever trouble lies,
pleasure may likewise sprout.
In my sight, in everything
there is sweetness and splendor combined.
The tiger has his love,
the dove her affection,
the rose wafts her perfumed aroma forth,
and even the lowly thistle has flowers.

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a text in Spanish (Español) by Elías Regules (1860 - 1929)

This text was added to the website: 2018-07-23
Line count: 10
Word count: 54