Al val de Fuente Ovejuna

Al val de Fuente Ovejuna
La niña en cabellos baja,
El caballero la sigue 
De la Cruz de Calatrava.
Entre las ramas se esconde,
De vergonzosa y turbada, 
Fingiendo que no le ha visto,
Pone delante las ramas.
"¿Para qué te escondes
Niña gallarda? 
Que mis linces deseos
Paredes pasan." 
Acercóse el caballero, 
Y ella, confusa y turbada,
Hacer quiso celosías 
De las intrincadas ramas, 
Mas como quien tiene amor
Los mares y las montañas
Atraviesa fácilimente,
La dice tales palabras
"¿Para qué te escondes
Niña gallarde?
Que mis linces deseos
Paredes pasan."

by Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562-1635)

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by Joaquín Turina (1882-1949) , "Al val de Fuente Ovejuna", op. 90 no. 3, from Homenaje a Lope Vega, no. 3.

ENG English (Richard Haney-Jardine)

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To the Fuente Ovejuna valley

 To the Fuente Ovejuna valley
 The long-tressed maiden descends;
 Fast on her heels is a gentleman
 from the Calatrava Cross.
 Amidst the boughs she cowers,
 In shame, in fear,
 Feigning she has not seen him,
 And placing branches before her.
 "Why are you hiding,
 My brave little girl?
 My desires will find a way
 Through any wall."
 The man approaches her,
 And shaken, confused,
 She tries to weave a lattice
 From the entangled branches,
 But since those who love
 Neither sea nor mountain
 Can hope to detain,
 He says these words to her,
 "Why are you hiding,
 My brave little girl?
 My desires will find a way
 Through any wall."

Translation from Spanish to English by Richard Haney-Jardine

a text in Spanish by Lope Felix de Vega Carpio (1562-1635)

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