Soul, I feel | Soul, I feel you! Eyes, cry

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Jeffrey Tang

Alma, sintamos

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

¡ Alma, sintamos! ¡Ojos, llorad
a mi Caramba que murió ya!
¡ Ay, pobrecita! Toda bondad
que no tenía pecado venial.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Pablo Esteve (1730 - 1794), "Alma, sintamos", 1781 [ male voice and piano ], from stage composition Garrido de luto por la muerte de Caramba [sung text checked 1 time]
by Joaquín Nin y Castellanos (1879 - 1949), "Alma, sintamos", 1923 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Jeffrey Tang) , "Soul, I feel", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2014-10-01
Line count: 4
Word count: 21

Soul, I feel

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Soul, I feel you! Eyes, cry
for my Caramba who just died!
Oh, poor thing! [She was] all goodness
[She] who had no venial sins.

Translator's notes
Line 1 : Since “sintamos” is a plural verb, the author here is expressing both a person pained by his/her soul, and a soul [itself] in pain.
Line 4 : Venial sins are minor, trifling sins that easily forgiven. They are even less serious than mortal sins: more serious sins involving a penalty of spiritual death.

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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2023-02-26
Line count: 4
Word count: 25