Stop singing | Stop singing, goldfinch

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Xochimilco Cortez

Dejá de cantar

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

Dejá de cantar jilguero
Que me estás atormentando.
Es mucha pena pa' un triste
Oír cantar y estar llorando.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Argentina [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 Luis Gianneo (1897 - 1968), "Dejá de cantar", 1929 [ voice and piano ], from Seis coplas, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Xochimilco Cortez) , "Stop singing", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-11
Line count: 4
Word count: 19

Stop singing

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Stop singing, goldfinch
because I am tormented.
It’s humiliating for a sad [man]
To hear singing and to be crying.

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Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2023 by Xochimilco Cortez, (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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a text in Spanish (Español) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Argentina
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This text was added to the website: 2023-01-15
Line count: 4
Word count: 20