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by Fernando Periquet (1873 - 1940)
Translation © by Michael P Rosewall

La maja dolorosa No. 1
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE ITA
¡Oh muerte cruel!
¿Por qué tú, a traición,
mi majo arrebataste a mi pasión?
¡No quiero vivir sin él,
porque es morir, porque es morir
así vivir!

No es posible ya
sentir más dolor:
en lágrimas deshecha ya mi alma está.
¡Oh Dios, torna mi amor,
porque es morir, porque es morir
así vivir!

Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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

  • ENG English (Michael P. Rosewall) , "The sorrowful woman no. 1", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La femme affligée no. 1", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "La maja addolorata", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 54

The sorrowful woman no. 1
Language: English  after the Spanish (Español) 
Oh, cruel Death!
Why have you, pitilessly,
Stolen my love away from me?
I don’t want to live without him,
Because it is death, it is death
To live this way!

It is impossible
To feel more pain:
My spirit is dissolved in tears.
Oh, God, return my love
Because it is death, it is death
To live this way!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2015 by Michael P Rosewall, (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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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 60