Songs

Hablando estaba la reina
The queen was speaking
En su palacio real
In her Royal Palace.
Con la infanta de Castilla,
With the Infanta of Castile,
Princesa de Portugal.
the Princess of Portugal.
Ay! que malas penas!
Oh! What terrible pain!
Ay! que fuerte mal!
Oh! What awful woe!

Allí vino un caballero
There came a knight
Con grandes lloros llorar:
With great tears in his eyes:
- Nuevas te traigo, señora,
"News I bring you, my lady,
Dolorosas de contar. -
So painful to tell”
Ay! que malas penas!
Oh! What terrible pain!
Ay! que fuerte mal!
Oh! What awful woe!

- Ay, no son de reyno estraño,
“Oh, it is not from a far off kingdom,
De aquí son, de Portugal.
It’s from here, from Portugal.
Vuestro príncipe, señora,
Your prince, my lady,
Vuestro príncipe real. -
Your royal prince.”
Ay! que malas penas!
Oh! What terrible pain!
Ay! que fuerte mal!
Oh! What awful woe!

- Es caído de un caballo,
“He has fallen from a horse,
El alma quiere a Dios dar.
He wants to give his soul to God.
Si le queredes ver vivo,
If you want to see him alive,
No queredes detardar. -
You must not delay.”
Ay! que malas penas!
Oh! What terrible pain!
Ay! que fuerte mal!
Oh! What awful woe!

Allí está el Rey su padre,
There is the King, his father,
Que quiere desesperar.
Who is in despair.
Lloran todas las mujeres
All the women are crying,
Casadas y por casar.
both the married and the unmarried.
Ay! que malas penas!
Oh! What terrible pain!
Ay! que fuerte mal!
Oh! What awful woe!