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Yo he conocido cantores que era un gusto el escuchar; mas no quieren opinar y se divierten cantando; pero yo canto opinando, que es mi modo de cantar. I have known singers it was a pleasure to listen to; theyamuse themselves singing and don't care to give opinions; but I sing giving opinions and that's my kind of song.
Jose Hernandez— 1879 La vuelta de Mart| n Fierro, pt.1 (translated as Mart| n Fierro, 1923).
Nô mais, Musa, nô mais, que a Lira tenho Destemperada e a voz enrouquecida, E não do canto, mas de ver que venho Cantar a gente surda e endurecida. O favor com que mais se acende o engenho Não no dá a pátria, não, que está metida No gosto da cobiça e na rudeza D?a austera, apagada e vil tristeza.
luís de camões— No more, my Muse! no more, for now my Lyre
untuned lies, and hoarse my voice of Song;
not that of singing tire I, but I tire
singing for surd and horny-hearted throng.
Favours which Poet-fancy mostly fire
our Land gives not, ah, no! 'tis plunged too long
in lust of lucre, whelmed in rudest folly
of vile, austere and vulgar melancholy.Canto X, st. 145 (translated by Richard Francis Burton).
Virginibus puerisque canto.
horace— I sing for maidens and boys.Book III, ode i, line 4.
Virginibus puerisque canto.
— I sing for maidens and boys.
— Book III, ode i, line 4.
Virginibus puerisque canto.
— I sing for maidens and boys.
— Horace, Odes, Book III, ode i, line 4.
