by
Fernando Periquet (1873 - 1940)
El majo timido
Language: Spanish (Español)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE GER
Llega a mi reja y me mira
por la noche un majo
que, en cuanto me ve y suspira,
se va calle abajo.
¡Ay qué tío más tardío!
¡Si así se pasa la vida estoy
divertida!
[Otra vez pasa y se alejo]1
y no se entusiasma
[y bajito yo le digo]2
¡Adiós Don Fantasma!
¡Ay que tío más tardío!
[Si así se pasa la vida
estoy divertida.]3
View original text (without footnotes)
1 or "Si hoy también pasa y me mira".
2 or "pues le suelto este saludo:"
3 or "¡Odian las enamoradas / las rejas calladas!"
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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) , "A timid man", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'amoureux timide", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Der schüchternde Majo", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 14
Word count: 67
A timid man
Language: English  after the Spanish (Español)
Coming to my window grate to look at me
In the evening is a gent
Who, when he has seen enough, sighs
And disappears down the road.
Ah, what a fleeting fellow!
If this is how life will go,
it’ll kill me!
It happens again and he runs away
And so, without enthusiasm,
I say softly to him,
“Adios, Mr. Ghost!”
Ah, what a fleeting fellow!
If this is how life will go,
it’ll kill me!
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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 76