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by Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana (1651 - 1695), as Sor (Sister) Juana Inés de la Cruz

Esta tarde, mi bien, cuando te hablaba
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Esta tarde, mi bien, cuando te hablaba,
como en tu rostro y tus acciones vía
que con palabras no te persuadía,
que el corazón me vieses deseaba;

y Amor, que mis intentos ayudaba,
venció lo que imposible parecía:
pues entre el llanto, que el dolor vertía,
el corazón deshecho destilaba.

Baste ya de rigores, mi bien, baste:
no te atormenten más celos tiranos,
ni el vil recelo tu inquietud contraste

con sombras necias, con indicios vanos,
pues ya en líquido humor viste y tocaste
mi corazón deshecho entre tus manos.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana (1651 - 1695), as Sor (Sister) Juana Inés de la Cruz, "En que satisface un recelo con la retórica del llanto", subtitle: "Soneto 164" [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 Marcela Rodríguez (b. 1951), "Soneto 164", 2003 [ soprano and chamber orchestra ], from Funesta, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2025-11-23
Line count: 14
Word count: 90

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