Due to your love, mother | Due to your love, mother

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by Juan de Anchieta (1462 - 1523)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Con amores, la mi madre

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

Con amores, la mi madre,
Con amores me dormí;
Así dormida soñaba
Lo que el corazón velaba,
Que el amor me consolaba
Con más bien que merecí.
Adormecióme el favor
Que amor me dió con amor;
Dió descanso a mi dolor
La fe con que le serví
Con amores, la mi madre,
Con amores me dormí!

Text Authorship:

by Juan de Anchieta (1462 - 1523) [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 Fernando J. Obradors (1897 - 1945), "Con amores, la mi madre", from Canciones clásicas españolas, vol 1, no. 5, from Dos cantares populares, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Due to your love, mother", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 56

Due to your love, mother

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Due to your love, mother,
With loving, I fell asleep;
While sleeping, I dreamed
What was in my waking heart,
That love consoled me
More than I deserved.
I was lulled to sleep through the favor
Of your love given to me lovingly;
I was allowed to relax from my pain
Through faith which supports me
Due to your love, mother,
With loving, I fell asleep!

Translator's note: This old, sentimental text was set as a secular, poplyphonic villancico in the early 1500s and was a favorite at Queen Isabella’s court; it is a tribute to the healing power of love. The form was analogous the Italian Renaissance frottola (late 15th century), and such texts were collected in cancioneros for solo voice with lute accompaniment.

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a text in Spanish (Español) by Juan de Anchieta (1462 - 1523)
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This text was added to the website: 2019-12-31
Line count: 12
Word count: 66