Lullaby | Sleep little girl, sleep little girl

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by Luis Carlos Figueroa (b. 1923)

Translation © by Laura Prichard, Jeffrey Tang

Berceuse

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

Arrurrú niñita, arrurrú niñita,
Que ya viene el coco y te comerá.
Cierra tus ojitos, duerme en paz mi vida
Que al amanecer junto a ti estaré.

Text Authorship:

by Luis Carlos Figueroa (b. 1923) [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 Carlos Figueroa (b. 1923), "Berceuse", 1956 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) (Jeffrey Tang) , "Lullaby", copyright © 2023, (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: 4
Word count: 27

Lullaby

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Sleep little girl, sleep little girl,
The Coco is coming and it will eat you. 
Close your little eyes, sleep in peace my love
At dawn I will be with you.

Note for line 2: A "Coco" is a Spanish name for a bogeyman or specter who comes to punish children in Spanish folklore; it is related to the Portuguese word côco (bogeyman, grinning face) and the Latin word coccum (kernel, seed). See Francisco Goya's painting Que viene el coco [external link to Wikipedia] (1799).

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a text in Spanish (Español) by Luis Carlos Figueroa (b. 1923)
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This text was added to the website: 2023-04-10
Line count: 4
Word count: 31