Sleep, my beloved. | Sleep, my beloved

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , as Traditional

Translation © by Dr Malinda Haslett

Duermete mi alma

Language: Multiple Languages

Our translations: ENG

Duérmete mi alma.
Duérmete mi vida,
que tu padre el malo.
Se fuè con la blanca niña
Y nuevo amor.

Yo me fuè tras él
por ver donde iba,
Y lo vi entrar
en donde la blanca niña.
Y nuevo amor.

Duérmete mi alma!
Duérmete mi vida,
que tu padre viene
de onde la linda amiga 
Y nuevo amor.

Yo me fuè atras
por ver lo que aria...
volvime a mi casa
triste y desbalida...
y nuevo amor.

Duérmete, mi alma.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , as Traditional [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 Elsa Olivieri Sangiacomo Respighi (1894 - 1996), "Duermete mi alma", 1918, published 1919 [ voice and piano ], from 3 Canzoni su testi spagnoli, no. 3, Ricordi [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Dr Malinda Haslett) , "Sleep, my beloved.", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor] , Dr Malinda Haslett

This text was added to the website: 2025-09-10
Line count: 21
Word count: 81

Sleep, my beloved.

Language: English after the Multiple Languages

Sleep, my beloved.
Sleep, my darling,
your father has gone.
He is with the white child,
his new love.

I followed him
to see where he went,
And I saw him enter
where the white child lives.
His new love.

Sleep, my beloved.
Sleep my darling,
your father will return
from his beautiful lover 
and new child.

I went back,
to see what would happen...
But then I returned home
sad and helpless...
his new love.

Sleep, my darling.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Multiple Languages to English copyright © 2025 by Dr Malinda Haslett, (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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Based on:

a text in Multiple Languages from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , as Traditional
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This text was added to the website: 2025-09-10
Line count: 21
Word count: 79