Text & Translation
No lloréis ojuelos
Spanish source:
Lope de Vega
porque no es razón
que llore de celos
quien mata de amor.
Quien puede matar
no intente morir,
si hace con reír
más que con llorar.
No lloréis ojuelos,
porque no es razón
que llore de celos
quien mata de amor.
Don't cry, little eyes
English translation ©
Jacqueline Cockburn
for it is not right
to cry with jealousy
if you kill with love.
She who can kill
should not seek to die,
if she can do more with laughter
than with tears.
Daon't cry, little eyes,
for it is not right
to cry with jealousy
if you kill with love.
Translations by Jacqueline Cockburn and Richard Stokes published in the The Spanish Song Companion (Gollancz, 1992)
No lloréis ojuelos
Spanish source:
Lope de Vega
Don't cry, little eyes
English source:
Jacqueline Cockburn
No lloréis, ojuelos,
Don't cry little eyes,
porque no es razón
for it is not right
que llore de celos
to cry with jealousy
quien mata de amor.
if you kill with love.
Quien puede matar
She who can kill
no intente morir,
should not seek to die,
si hace con reír
if she can do more with laughter
más que con llorar.
than with tears.
No lloréis ojuelos,
Daon't cry, little eyes,
porque no es razón
for it is not right
que llore de celos
to cry with jealousy
quien mata de amor.
if you kill with love.
Composer
Enrique Granados
Enrique Granados Campiña was a Spanish pianist and composer. Read more here.
Poet
Performances
Previously performed at:
- Goya & Granados 25 Oct 2023
- Spanish Songs: Lorena Paz Nieto, Marta Fontanals-Simmons & Sholto Kynoch 18 Oct 2018