Chansonnette sévillane | C'est l'aube

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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Amanecía

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Amanecía
en el naranjel.
Abejitas de oro
buscaban la miel.

¿Dónde estará
la miel?

Está en la flor azul,
Isabel.
En la flor,
del romero aquel.

(Sillita de oro
para el moro.
Silla de oropel
para su mujer.)

Amanecía
en el naranjel.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• P. Bowles

P. Bowles sets stanzas 1-3

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Text Authorship:

by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Cancioncilla sevillana", appears in Canciones, in Canciones para niños, first published 1921-4 [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 Suzanne Baron Supervielle (1910 - 2004), "Cancioncilla sevillana", 1940 [ voice and piano ], from Cuatro Canciones de Federico García Lorca, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Paul Frederic Bowles (1910 - 1999), "Cancioncilla", stanzas 1-3 [ high voice and piano ], from Cuatro canciones de García Lorca, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Xavier Montsalvatge (1912 - 2002), "Cancioncilla sevillana", 1953, published 1953 [ voice and piano ], from Canciones para niños, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Alicia Terzián (b. 1934), "Cancioncilla sevillana", 1956 [ medium voice and piano ], from Canciones para niños, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Jennifer Capaldo) , "Sevillian ditty", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chansonnette sévillane", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-05-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 42

Chansonnette sévillane

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

C'est l'aube
Sur l'orangeraie.
De petites abeilles dorées
Cherchent le miel.

Où est
le miel ?

Il est dans la fleur bleue,
Isabel.
Dans la fleur
Du romarin.

(Petit siège d'or
pour le maure.
Un siège clinquant
pour sa femme .)

C'est l'aube
Sur l'orangeraie.

Text 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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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Cancioncilla sevillana", appears in Canciones, in Canciones para niños, first published 1921-4
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This text was added to the website: 2012-09-01
Line count: 16
Word count: 44