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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Que por mayo era, por mayo
Language: Spanish (Español) 
[Que]1 por mayo era, por mayo, 
Cuando hace la calor, 
Cuando los trigos [encallan]2 
Y están los campos en flor; 
Cuando canta la calandria 
Y responde el ruiseñor, 
Cuando los enamorados 
Van a servir al amor. 
[Menos]3 yo, ¡triste cuitado!
Que vivo en esta prisión, 
Que ni sé cuándo es de día, 
Ni cuándo las noches son, 
Sino por una [avecica]4
Que me cantaba al albor - 
Matómela un ballestero ... 
¡[Dios le dé]5 mal galardón!

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•   J. Rodrigo 

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1 omitted by Rodrigo
2 original text: "encañan"
3 original text: "sino"
4 original text: "avecilla"
5 original text: "déle Dios"

Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Romance del Prisoniero" [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 Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre (1901 - 1999), "Romancillo", 1950 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914) , no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 76 [an adaptation] ; composed by Hugo Wolf.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 79

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