Heart, why do you..? | My heart, why do you keep awake

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Alice Rogers-Mendoza

¿Corazón, porqué pasáis

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG ITA

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¿Corazón, porqué pasáis
Las noches de amor despierto
Si vuestro dueño descansa
En los brazos de otro dueño?

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 17^th century ) [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 Fernando J. Obradors (1897 - 1945), "¿Corazón, porqué pasáis" [ voice and piano ], from Canciones clásicas españolas, vol 1, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Gustave Samazeuilh.

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

ENG English (Alice Rogers-Mendoza) , "Heart, why do you..?", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Cuore mio, perché trascorri", copyright © 2016, (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: 4
Word count: 18

Heart, why do you..?

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

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My heart, why do you keep awake
during the nights of love,
if your master rests
in the arms of another master?

Text Authorship:

Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2003 by Alice Rogers-Mendoza, (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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 22