Text & Translation
El paño moruno
Spanish source:
Gregorio Martínez Sierra
una mancha le cayó.
Por menos precio se vende,
porque perdió su valor.
¡Ay!
The Moorish cloth
English translation ©
Jacqueline Cockburn
there fell a stain.
It sells for less
for it has lost its value
Ay!
Translations by Jacqueline Cockburn and Richard Stokes
published in _The Spanish Song Companion_ (Gollancz, 1992)
El paño moruno
Spanish source:
Gregorio Martínez Sierra
The Moorish cloth
English source:
Jacqueline Cockburn
Al paño fino, en la tienda,
On the delicate fabric in the shop
una mancha le cayó.
there fell a stain.
Por menos precio se vende,
It sells for less
porque perdió su valor.
for it has lost its value
¡Ay!
Ay!
Composer
Manuel de Falla
Manuel de Falla was a Spanish composer and pianist. Despite having composed only a modest number of pieces, he is highly regarded as one of Spain’s greatest musicians of the first half of the twentieth century. His image appeared on Spain's 1970…
