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by Pablo de Jerica

La zagala alegre
Language: Spanish (Español) 
A una donosa zagala
Su vieja madre reñia
Cuando pasaba las horas
Alegres, entretenidas;
Y ella, su amor disculpando,
Con elocuencia sencilla,
Cantando al son del pandero,
Así mil veces decía:

Ahora que soy niña, madre,
Ahora que soy niña,
Déjeme gozar ahora,
Sin que así me riña.

¿Qué mal nos hace Salicio
Si cuando pasa me mira,
Y me tira de la saya
O en el brazo me pellizca?
No piense, madre, que busca
Mi deshonra; no lo diga:
Mi gusto sólo, y su gusto,
Queriéndome así codicia.

Ahora que soy niña, madre, etc.

Cuando casada me vea, hecha mujer de familia,
Me sobrarán mil cuidados,
Me faltará mi alegría.
Por eso quisiera, madre,
Pasar alegres los días
Que me restan de soltera
En bailes, juegos y risas.

Ahora que soy niña, madre, etc.

Text Authorship:

  • by Pablo de Jerica  [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 Eduard Toldrà Soler (1895 - 1962), "La zagala alegre", 1940-1, from Seis canciones, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Auditorium du Louvre

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 29
Word count: 135

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