El mirar de la maja

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12 Tonadillas en estilo antiguo
Song cycle by Enrique Granados
Cover of "Collecion de Tonadillas"
Cover of "Collecion de Tonadillas"
Genresongs
Textby Fernando Periquet
Published1912-1913 and 1915
Original title: Collección de tonadillas escritas en estilo antiguo

"El mirar de la maja" is a song by Spanish composer Enrique Granados with a texts by Fernando Periquet. It is part of the 12 Tonadillas en estilo antiguo, published 1912-1913 and 1915.[1]

It appears on the following album:

Year Album With
2021 À sa guitare (Album) Thibaut Garcia

"El mirar de la maja" is part of the following concert program:

Year Album With
20212022 À sa guitare (Concert program) Thibaut Garcia

Libretto

El mirar de la maja
(The gaze of the beloved)


Spain

¿Por qué es en mis ojos
tan hondo el mirar
que a fin de cortar
desdenes y enojos
los suelo entornar?
¿Qué fuego dentro llevarán
que si acaso con calor
los clavo en mi amor
sonrojo me dan?

Por eso el chispero
a quien mi alma dí
al verse ante mí
me tira el sombrero
y díceme así:
"Mi Maja, no me mires más
que tus ojos rayos son
y ardiendo en pasión
la muerte me dan."

United Kingdom

Why is in my eyes
so deep a gaze
that in order to cut off
scorn and anger
I tend to narrow them?
What fire do they hold within
that if I happen to pierce my love
with a fiery gaze
that they make me blush?

That's why the sparkler
to whom I gave my soul
when he is before me
throws me his hat
and says:
"My Maja, don’t look at me anymore,
for your eyes are rays,
and burning in passion
they kill me."[2]

Manuscripts and sheet music

Incipit porque es in mis ojos
Incipit porque es in mis ojos

Voice/piano:

Opus/Catalogue Number H. 136
I-Catalogue Number IEG 25
Movements/Sections 12 songs
Year/Date of Composition 1914
Librettist Fernando Periquet (1873-1940)
Language Spanish
Publisher Info. Madrid: Unión Musical Española, n.d.(ca.1915).
Reprinted Boca Raton: Masters Music Publications, n.d.
Copyright: Public Domain[3]

References

  1. "12 Tonadillas en estilo antiguo". Wikipedia. Archived from the original on 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  2. English Translation by Birikein & FR, 2021
  3. Granados, Enrique. "12 Tonadillas en estilo antiguo". IMSLP. Retrieved 4 October 2021.