Teresica hermana, by Mateo Flecha

Sung by Cantabile

Recorded at Choral Spectrum '03, November 8, 2003, Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, University of Massachusetts Amherst

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“Teresica hermana (de la fararirirá),
Hermana Teresa, si a ti pluguiesse
Una noche sola contigo durmiesse
(de la fararirirá)
Una noche sola---yo bien dormiria.”
“Mas tengo gran miedo
Que m’empreñaria.” 

Llaman a Teresica y no viene,
Tan mala noche tiene.
Llámala su madre y ella calla.
Juramento tiene hecho de matarla;
¡
Que tan mala noche tiene!

“Sister Teresica (de la fararirirá)
If it would give you pleasure,
one night only I would sleep with you.
(de la fararirirá)
Only one night---I would sleep so well.”

“But I have great fear that
I would become pregnant.” 

They call to Teresica and she doesn’t come.
Such a bad night she is having.
Her mother calls to her and she is silent.
Her mother is going to kill her;

What a bad night she is having!