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by Antonio Maria Trueba De la Quintana (1819 - 1899)

Preludios
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  ENG
Madre, todas las noches junto a mis rejas
Canta un joven llorando indiferencia:
"Quiéreme, niña, y al pie de los altares séras bendita.
Quiéreme, niña, y al pie de los altares séras bendita."

Esta dulce tonada tal poder tiene
Que me pone al oirla triste y alegre;
Di por qué causa entristecen y alegran estas tonadas.
Di por qué causa entristecen y alegran estas tonadas.

"Hija, lo que las niñas como tú sienten
Cuando junto a sus rejas a cantar vienen
Es el preludio del poema más
Grande que hay en el mundo.

"Tornada en Santa Madre la Virgen pura
Tristezas y alegrías en ella turnan,
Y este poema es, niña, el que ha empezado junto a tus rejas.
Y este poema es, niña, el que ha empezado junto a tus rejas."

Text Authorship:

  • by Antonio Maria Trueba De la Quintana (1819 - 1899) [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 Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946), "Preludios", G.16 (c1900) [ soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , "Preludes", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 132

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