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Al pensar en el dueño de mis amores, siento yo unos mareos encantadores. Bendito sea aquel picaronazo que me marea. A mi novio yo le quiero porque roba corazones con su gracia y su salero. El me tiene muy ufana porque hay muchas que le quieren y se quedan con las ganas. Caprichosa yo nací, y le quiero solamente, solamente para mí. Que quitarme a mí su amor es lo mismo que quitarle las hojitas a una flor. Yo me muero de gozo cuando me mira, y me vuelvo jalea cuando suspira. Si me echa flores siento el corazoncito morir de amores. Porque tiene unos ojillos que me miran entornados, muy gachones y muy pillos, y me dicen ¡ay! lucero, que por esa personita me derrito yo y me muero.
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Authorship:
- by José Estremera (1852 - 1895), "Carceleras", first published 1889 [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 Ruperto Chapí (1851 - 1909), "Canceleras", first performed 1889, from operetta Las hijas del Zebedeo, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Beate Binnig) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Beate Binnig) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2017-10-06
Line count: 32
Word count: 130
When I think of the lord of my love I feel a charming dizziness. Blessed be that rascal who makes me feel so dizzy. I love my beloved because he steals hearts, with his grace and his charm. He makes me feel proud because a lot of girls love him but they are left with their desire. Capricious I was born, and I want him all for myself Only for myself. To take away from me his love is the same as ripping off the leaves of a flower. I die of pleasure when he looks at me, and I lose my head when he sighs. When he throws flowers at me I feel my little heart die of love. For he has sweet eyes which look at me half-open very tenderly and very naughtily, telling me "Oh my darling, for this little one I will lose my soul and die."
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- Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2019 by Beate Binnig, (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 José Estremera (1852 - 1895), "Carceleras", first published 1889
This text was added to the website: 2019-11-04
Line count: 32
Word count: 151