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by Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana (1651 - 1695), as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Con el dolor de la mortal herida
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Con el dolor de la mortal herida,             
de un agravio de amor me lamentaba,
y por ver si la muerte se llegaba               
procuraba que fuese más crecida.

Toda en el mal el alma divertida,             
pena por pena su dolor sumaba,
y en cada circunstancia ponderaba               
que sobraban mil muertes a una vida.

Y cuando, al golpe de uno y otro tiro
rendido el corazón, daba penoso
señas de dar el último suspiro,               

No sé con qué destino prodigioso
volví a mi acuerdo y dije: qué me admiro?
Quién en amor ha sido más dichoso?

Text Authorship:

  • by Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana (1651 - 1695), as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz [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):

  • by Eduardo Hernández Moncada (1899 - 1995), "Con el dolor de la mortal herida", published 1992 [ voice and piano ], from Tres sonetos de Sor Juana, no. 1, México : Ediciones Mexicanas de Música [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-08-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 94

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