Picaresque song | A sofa I bought this morning

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Barbara Miller

Canción picaresca

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

Un canapé he comprado 
esta mañana,
y me ha contado 
todo lo que pasaba
con su dueña primera,
que era madama de cierto cortejante 
muy cortejada.

No solo quien descubre 
son las criadas,
pues hasta los asientos 
todo lo parlan.
Mi canapé me ha dicho 
todas las faltas y sobras 
que había en la otra casa,
lo que dicen y hacen 
galán y dama.
Y en especial 
si encima de él se sentaban.

Yo voy a referiros 
lo que pasaba
entre aquel currutaco 
y su madama.
Mas como ya es hoy tarde,
lo haré mañana.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 José Palomino (d. 1810), "Canción picaresca", 1769, from El Canape [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Barbara Miller) , "Picaresque song", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 95

Picaresque song

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

A sofa I bought this morning
And it has told me everything that went on
With its first owner, who was a lady
By a certain suitor greatly wooed.
Not only the ones who tell tales are serving maids
Since even chairs tell all.
My couch told me all the misdeeds
And excesses that went on in the other house:
What was said and done by the beau and lady
Especially if they were sitting on it.
I'm going to tell you what went on
Between that beau and his lady
But since it's already late,
I will do it tomorrow.

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Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2004 by Barbara Miller, (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 Spanish (Español) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
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This text was added to the website: 2004-04-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 101