possibly by Anonymous / Unidentified Author and possibly by Pedro Arias Pérez (flourished 17th century)

Á la sombra de mis cabellos
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Á la sombra de mis cabellos
mi querido se adurmió:
¿si le recordaré ó no?

Peinaba yo mis cabellos
con cuidado cada dia,
y el viento los esparcia
revolviéndose con ellos
y á su soplo y sombra de ellos
mi querido se adurmió:
¿si le recordaré ó no?

Diceme que le da pena
el ser en extremo ingrata,
que le da vida y le mata
esta mi color morena,
y llamándome sirena
él junto á mí se adurmió:
¿si le recordaré ó no?

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Note: in many anthologies of popular Spanish poetry from the 19th century, the author is given as Anonymous; in the book Antología general de la literatura española: verso, prosa, teatro, Volume 1, Revista de Occidente, 1954, on p. 718, the author is given as Pedro Arias Pérez.


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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Paul Heyse (1830 - 1914) , no title, appears in Spanisches Liederbuch, in 2. Weltliche Lieder, no. 25 ; composed by Johannes Brahms, Josef Giehrl, Adolf Jensen, Arno Kleffel, August von Othegraven, Johannes Schulze, Emil Sjögren, Hugo Wolf, Felix von Woyrsch.

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