Translation of the song Mientras por competir con tu cabello artist Luis de Góngora

Spanish

Mientras por competir con tu cabello

English translation

As it strives to compete with your hair

Mientras por competir con tu cabello

As it strives to compete with your hair,

Oro bruñido al sol relumbra en vano,

burnished gold shines in vain under the sun.

Mientras con menosprecio en medio el llano

As amidst the plains, contemptuously,

Mira tu blanca frente al lilio bello;

the beautiful lily looks at your pristine forehead.

Mientras a cada labio, por cogello,

As to each lip, for the desire of holding to it,

Siguen más ojos que al clavel temprano,

more eyes turn to stare than at the early carnation,

Y mientras triunfa con desdén lozano

and while it triumphs with hearty disdain

Del luciente cristal tu gentil cuello,

your gentle neck over the shining glass.

Goza cuello, cabello, labio y frente,

Enjoy neck, hair, lip and forehead,

Antes que lo que fue en tu edad dorada

before what once in your golden years were

Oro, lilio, clavel, cristal luciente,

gold, lily, carnation, shining glass,

No sólo en plata o vïola troncada

turns not only in silver or violet,

Se vuelva, más tú y ello juntamente

but furthermore, all of it and you as well,

En tierra, en humo, en polvo, en sombra, en nada.

in earth, in smoke, in dust, in shadow, in nothing.

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