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¡Dios te salve, Macarena, madre de los sevillanos, paz y vida! ¡La vida que alivia toda pena, la que cura con sus manos toda herida! ¡Dios te salve, luz del cielo, siempre estrella y siempre aurora de bonanza! ¡La que ampara todo anhelo; la divina sembradora de esperanza! ¡Dios te salve, Maria, madre de gracia llena; alma de Andalucía, sol de la Macarena!
Authorship
- by Serafín Álvarez Quintero (1871 - 1938) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Joaquín Álvarez Quintero (1873 - 1944) [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 Joaquín Turina (1882 - 1949), "Saeta en forma de Salve a la Virgen de la Esperanza", op. 60 (1930) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Saeta in the form of a Hail Mary to the Virgin of Hope", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: John Versmoren
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 63
God save you, Virgin of Macarena, mother of Sevillians, peace, and life! Life which eases all sorrow, whose hands heal all injury! God save you, light of heaven, always [a] star and [the] dawn of prosperity! She who protects all desire, the divine sower of hope! God save you, Mary, mother full of grace, soul of Andalusia, sun of La Macarena!
Authorship
- Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2020 by Garrett Medlock, (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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- a text in Spanish (Español) by Serafín Álvarez Quintero (1871 - 1938) and by Joaquín Álvarez Quintero (1873 - 1944)
This text was added to the website: 2020-06-29
Line count: 10
Word count: 61