Séguedille de Murcie (Volkslieder (Folksongs), set by (Manuel de Falla)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Seguidilla murciana

Language: Spanish (Español)

Available translation(s): ENG ENG FRE

Cualquiera que el tejado
Tenga de vidrio,
No debe tirar piedras
Al del vecino.
Arrieros semos;
¡Puede que en el camino
Nos encontremos!

Por tu mucha inconstancia
Yo te comparo
Con peseta que corre
De mano en mano;
Que al fin se borra,
Y creyéndola falsa
¡Nadie la toma!

Authorship

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [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 Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946), "Seguidilla murciana", from Siete Canciones Populares Espanolas, no. 2. [
text verified 1 time
]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Claudia Landivar Cody) , title 1: "Seguidilla Murciana", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Laura Claycomb) , title 1: "Murcian Seguidilla", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Séguedille de Murcie", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Arthur Rishi

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 49

Séguedille de Murcie

Language: French (Français) after the Spanish (Español)

Quiconque a un toit
De verre
Ne doit pas lancer de pierres
Sur le voisin.
Nous sommes des muletiers ;
Il se peut qu'en chemin
Nous nous rencontrions !

Pour ta grande inconstance
Je te compare
À une peseta qui court
De main en main ;
Qui à la fin s'efface,
Et la croyant fausse
Personne ne la prend !

Authorship

Translation from Spanish (Español) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Guy Laffaille, (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) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-02
Line count: 14
Word count: 60