Text: Venid, venid, zagales

Alonso Xuares (c. 1630-1696)

Original Text	English Translation

Venid, venid, zagales vereis a un Dios niño que duerme soñando tiernos jemidos. Quedito pasito, no despierten ojos que lloran dormidos. Venid a ver zagales al vello amor dormido que de los llantos sus ojos suenan los suspiros Venid a ver estrellas en çielo anocheçido que mientras duermen dos soles truecan exerciçios Quedito pasito, no despierten ojos que lloran dormidos Venid a ver influxos en astros escondidos que con las luzes que ocultan rinden alvedrios Venid a ver los ojos en llanto humedeçidos que de las perlas que vierten siembran dos impireos Quedito pasito, no despierten ojos que lloran dormidos	Come, shepherds, come! You’ll see God as an infant who sobs so softly while so deep in dreams. Gently, now, gently! Don’t waken the eyes that weep while asleep. Come, shepherds, look on this love so lovely, whose eyes from their weeping utter sighs, though He’s sleeping. Come see tear-drops falling that glisten like stars in a midnight-dark sky while two suns are sleeping. Gently, now, gently! Don’t waken the eyes that weep while asleep. Come, feel the pull of stars hidden from sight; to those lights that lie hiding the strongest must yield! Come now and gaze on those eyes wet with weeping; from the pearl-drops that fall are born two new heavens. Gently, now, gently! Don’t waken the eyes that weep while asleep.

Translation: Juan Pedro Gaffney R.