Romance

Ballad

(Spanish)

(English)

1. Madrugaba el Conde Olinos mañanita de San Juan
a dar agua a su caballo, a las orillas del mar.

2. Mientras el caballo bebe, canta un hermoso cantar,
las aves que iban volando, se paraban a escuchar.

3. - Bebe, mi caballo, bebe. Dios te me libre de mal,
de los vientos de la tierra y de las furias del mar.

4. La reina lo estaba oyendo desde su palacio real.
- Mira, hija, como canta la sirena de la mar.

5. - No es la sirenita, madre, que esa tiene otro cantar,
es la voz del Conde Olinos, que me canta a mí un cantar.

6. - Si es la voz del Conde Olinos, yo lo mandaré matar,
que para casar contigo, le falta la sangre real.

7. - No le mande matar, madre, no le mande usted matar,
que si mata al Conde Olinos, a mí la muerte me da.

8. Guardias mandaba la reina al Conde Olinos buscar,
que le maten a lanzadas y echen su cuerpo a la mar.

9. La infantina con gran pena, no dejaba de llorar;
él murió a la medianoche, y ella a los gallos cantar.

10. A ella como hija de reyes la entierran en el altar,
y a él como hijo de condes cuatro pasos más atrás.

11. De ella nació un rosal blanco, de él nació un espino albar;
crece el uno, crece el otro, los dos se van a juntar.

12. La reina llena de envidia, ambos los mandó cortar,
el galán que los cortaba, no dejaba de llorar.

13. De ella naciera una garza, de él un fuerte gavilán,
juntos vuelan por el cielo, juntos se van a posar.

1. Count Olinos rose early on Saint John's Day* morning
To water his horse by the sea side.

2. While the horse drank, he sang a beautiful song,
The birds that were flying by stopped to listen.

3. "Drink, my horse, drink, may God spare you from evil,
From the winds of the earth and the furies of the sea."

4. The queen was listening to it from her royal palace,
"Look, daughter, how the mermaid of the sea sings."

5. "It's not the little mermaid, mother, for she sings a different song,
It's the voice of Count Olinos, who sings a song for me."

6. "If it's the voice of Count Olinos, I'll have him killed,
Because he lacks the royal blood to marry you."

7. "Don't have him killed, mother; don't have him killed,
For if you kill Count Olinos, you assassinate me."

8. The queen sent guards to find Count Olinos,
To spear him dead and toss him into the sea.

9. The princess, with great sorrow, could not stop crying,
He died at midnight, and she, at the cock's first crow.

10. She, as the daughter of kings, was buried in the altar,
And he, as the son of counts, four steps behind.

11. From her was born a white rose bush, from him a white hawthorn,
One grows, and so does the other, they're going to intertwine.

12. The queen, full of envy, ordered to have them cut down,
The courtier who cut them, could not stop crying.

13. From her was born a heron, from him a strong hawk**,
Together they fly through the sky, they sit together.