Está tu imágen, que admiro,
Tan pegada á mi deseo, 
Que si al espejo me miro,
En vez de verme, te veo.

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Confirmed with Obras Escogidas de D. Ramon de Campoamor (de la Academia Española). Tomo I. Ternezas y Flores. -- Sonetos. -- Fábulas. -- Cantares. -- Doloras, Leipzig, F. A. Brockhaus, 1885, page 144.

Text Authorship:

• by Ramòn Maria de las Mercedes de Campoamor y Campoosorio (1817 - 1901), no title, appears in Cantares, in Amorosos, no. 6 [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):

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This text (or a part of it) is used in a work

• by Joaquín Turina (1882 - 1949), "Farruca", op. 45 no. 1 (1927), published 1929 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Tríptico, no. 1, Madrid : UME; title in English: "Arrogant woman"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Farruca", copyright © 2017, (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.
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