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Saliendo de un oliuar | Walking out of an olive grove

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Saliendo de un oliuar | Walking out of an olive grove

by Carvajal

Text Source:

Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España, VITR/17/7, fol. 130v-131r.

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  • Translation by Simón Andrés Villegas
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Transcription
Saliendo de un oliuar, Walking out of an olive grove,
mas fermosa que arreada, Much prettier than dressed up,
vi serrana que tornar I saw a mountain girl who
me fiso de mi iornada. Made me come back from my travel.
5
Torneme en su compannia I went back to her company
por faldas de una montanna, By the slopes of a mountain,
supplicando si’l plasia And I begged if it would please her
de mostrarme su cabanna. To show me her hut.
Dixo: “Non podeys librar, She said, “You will not succeed,
10
sennor, aquesta uegada, Sir, this time around,
que superfluo es demandar For it is useless to demand
quien non suele dar nada”. To her who never gives anything.”
Si lealtad non me acordara Had loyalty not awaken me,
de la mas lynda figura, With her most beautiful face
15
del todo me enamorara I would have completely fallen in love,
tanta ui su fermosura. Such was the beauty I saw in her.
Dixe: “¿Que quereys mandar, I said, “What can I do for you,
sennora, pues soys casada? My lady, since you are married?
Que uos non quiero enoiar I do not want to bother you
20
nin offender mi enamorada”. Nor offend my beloved”.
Replico: “Yd en buen hora, She replied, “May you farewell;
non cures de amar uillana Do not try to love a peasant,
pues seruis a tal sennora, For you love such a lady,
non troques seda por lana, You should not swap silk for wool,
25
njn querays de mi burlar Or try to fool me,
pues sabeys que so enaienada”. For you know well that I am not yours.”
Vi serrana que tornar I saw a mountain girl who
me fiso de mi iornada. Made me come back from my travel.
Translation
Saliendo de un oliuar, Walking out of an olive grove,
mas fermosa que arreada, Much prettier than dressed up,
vi serrana que tornar I saw a mountain girl who
me fiso de mi iornada. Made me come back from my travel.
5
Torneme en su compannia I went back to her company
por faldas de una montanna, By the slopes of a mountain,
supplicando si’l plasia And I begged if it would please her
de mostrarme su cabanna. To show me her hut.
Dixo: “Non podeys librar, She said, “You will not succeed,
10
sennor, aquesta uegada, Sir, this time around,
que superfluo es demandar For it is useless to demand
quien non suele dar nada”. To her who never gives anything.”
Si lealtad non me acordara Had loyalty not awaken me,
de la mas lynda figura, With her most beautiful face
15
del todo me enamorara I would have completely fallen in love,
tanta ui su fermosura. Such was the beauty I saw in her.
Dixe: “¿Que quereys mandar, I said, “What can I do for you,
sennora, pues soys casada? My lady, since you are married?
Que uos non quiero enoiar I do not want to bother you
20
nin offender mi enamorada”. Nor offend my beloved”.
Replico: “Yd en buen hora, She replied, “May you farewell;
non cures de amar uillana Do not try to love a peasant,
pues seruis a tal sennora, For you love such a lady,
non troques seda por lana, You should not swap silk for wool,
25
njn querays de mi burlar Or try to fool me,
pues sabeys que so enaienada”. For you know well that I am not yours.”
Vi serrana que tornar I saw a mountain girl who
me fiso de mi iornada. Made me come back from my travel.
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