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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation © by Alice Rogers-Mendoza

Del cabello más sutil
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE ITA
Del cabello más sutil
Que tienes en tu trenzado
He de hacer una cadena
Para traerte a mi lado.
Una alcarraza en tu casa,
Chiquilla, quisiera ser,
Para besarte en la boca,
Cuando fueras a beber.

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 (Alice Rogers-Mendoza) , "Of the softest hair", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Du cheveu le plus délicat", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Col capello più sottile", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 36

Of the softest hair
Language: English  after the Spanish (Español) 
Of the softest hair
which you have in your braid,
I would make a chain
so that I may bring you to my side. 
A jug in your home,
little one, I would like to be... 
so that I may kiss you
each time you take a drink.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2003 by Alice Rogers-Mendoza, (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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 48