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

Yo no puedo tenerte ni dejarte
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Yo no puedo tenerte ni dejarte,
ni sé por qué al dejarte o al tenerte,
se encuentra un no sé qué para quererte,
y muchos sí sé qué para olvidarte.

Pues ni quieres dejarte ni enmendarte,
yo templaré mi corazón de suerte
que la mitad se incline a aborrecerte,
aunque la otra mitad se incline a amarte;

si ello es fuerza querernos, haya modo,
que es morir el estar siempre riñendo:
no se hable más en celo ni en sospecha.

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), "Yo no puedo tenerte ni dejarte", 1992 [ voice and piano ], from Tres sonetos de Sor Juana, no. 3, 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: 11
Word count: 80

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