History of Spanish and Portuguese Literature (Vol 1 of 2)

Note 482 — SECOND SECTION. History of Spanish Poetry and Eloquence, from the Age of Cervantes and Lope de Vega to the Middle of the Seventeenth Century. (continued 2)

Thomasina Ross translation

A specimen of this gypsey gibberish may be curious to those who are not acquainted with it:—

Ya està guardando en la trena Tu querido Escarraman, Que unos alfileres vivos, Me prendieron sin pensar. Andaba à caza de gangas, Y grillos vine à cazar, Que en mi cantan como enhaza, Las noches de por San Juan. Entrandome en la bayuca, Llegandome à remojar Cierta pendencia mosquito, Que se ahogò en vino, y pan.

Return to SECOND SECTION. History of Spanish Poetry and Eloquence, from the Age of Cervantes and Lope de Vega to the Middle of the Seventeenth Century. (continued 2)