Pedagogical Edition
De estas aves su nación
es cantar con alegría
y de verlas en prisión
siento yo grave pasión
sin sentir nadie la mía.
Ellas lloran que se vieron
sin temor de ser cautivas
y a quien eran más esquivas
esos mismos las prendieron.
Sus nombres mi vida son
que va perdiendo alegría
y de verlas en prisión
siento yo grave pasión
sin sentir nadie la mía.
Diplomatic Transcription
Otra cancion/dela
misma señora a vnas per-
dizes q<ue>le embiaron biuas1care must be taken in interpreting the poem’s meaning with the title, which very likely was added by a male editor. Due to their rapid ability to procreate, partridges had a sexual connotation … Continue reading
⸿Destas aues su nacion
es cantar con alegria
y de vellas en prision
sie<n>to yo graue passion
sin sentir nadie la mia
⸿Ellas lloran q<ue> se vieron
sin temor de ser catiuas
ya2Deyermond splits this into two words “y a”, which the following line seems to justify quie<n> eran mas esquiuas
essos mismos las prendieron
Sus nombres mi vida son
q<ue> va perdie<n>do alegria
[126r]
y de vellas en prision
sie<n>to yo graue passion
sin sentir nadie la mia
Footnotes
| ↑1 | care must be taken in interpreting the poem’s meaning with the title, which very likely was added by a male editor. Due to their rapid ability to procreate, partridges had a sexual connotation in the Middle Ages; this has lead many to interpret the poem in this way, but may not have been the poet’s original intent. The use of the slash between “cancion” and “dela” is unclear |
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| ↑2 | Deyermond splits this into two words “y a”, which the following line seems to justify |