Look at that placid fountain, Florencio

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by Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch (1806 - 1880)

Translation © by Faizaan Pettitt

Mira esa fuente plácida, Florencio

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

Mira esa fuente plácida, Florencio,
que fluye sin rumor, y baña el prado.
Con su ejemplo enseñado,
haz al prójimo bien, y hazlo en silencio.

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Text Authorship:

by Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch (1806 - 1880), "Fábula XXVII : La fuente mansa", appears in Fabulas en Verso Castellano, first published 1850 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Felipe Santiago Boero (1884 - 1958), "La fuente mansa", 1915-1940 [ voice and piano ], from Canciones infantiles I, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]

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Look at that placid fountain, Florencio

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Look at that placid fountain, Florencio,
Which flows without a murmur, and bathes the meadow.
Taught by its example,
Do good for your neighbor, and do it in silence.

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a text in Spanish (Español) by Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch (1806 - 1880), "Fábula XXVII : La fuente mansa", appears in Fabulas en Verso Castellano, first published 1850
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-06
Line count: 4
Word count: 29