Mañanica era (Anonymous, set by E. Granados) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


Mañanica era, mañana 
de San Juan1 se decía al fin, 
cuando aquella diosa Venus
dentro de un fresco jardín 
tomando estaba la fresca 
a la sombra de un jazmín,
cabellos en su cabeza, 
parecía un serafín. 
Sus mejillas y sus labios 
como color de rubí 
y el objeto de su cara 
figuraba un querubín; 
allí de flores floridas 
hacía un rico cojín, 
de rosas una guirnalda 
para el que venía a morir, 
¡ah!, [lentamente]¹ por amores 
sin a nadie descubrir.

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¹ Someone has reported seeing "lealmente" (loyally) in a score. The above text comes from a CD booklet, along with the English translation that assumes "lentamente".

Authorship

Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

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

Enrique Granados (1867-1916)

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Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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