What Child Is This Lyrics in Spanish

Here are the Spanish lyrics for What Child Is This? a well-known Christmas hymn whose original lyrics were written by the English composer William Chatterton Dix in 1865. The Spanish lyrics here, which do not follow the English closely, are in the public domain. This carol is usually sung to the tune of Greensleeves, an English folk song.  ¿Quà © nià ±o es este?  ¿Quà © nià ±o es este que al dormiren brazos de Marà ­a, pastores velan,à ¡ngeles le cantan melodà ­as?Él es el Cristo, el rey.Pastores, à ¡ngeles cantan, «Venid, venid a à ©l, al hijo de Marà ­a ».  ¿Por quà © en humilde establo asà ­,el nià ±o es hoy nacido?Por todo injusto pecadorsu amor ha florecido.Él es el Cristo, el rey.Pastores, à ¡ngeles cantan, «Venid, venid a à ©l, al hijo de Marà ­a ». Traed ofrendas en su honorel rey como el labriego.Al rey de reyes, salvador,un trono levantemos.Él es el Cristo, el rey.Pastores, à ¡ngeles cantan, «Venid, venid a à ©l, al hijo de Marà ­a ». English Translation of Spanish Lyrics What boy is this, who while sleepingin the arms of Mary, shepherds keep watch,angels sing melodies to him?He is the Christ, the king.Shepherds, angels sing,Come, come to him, the son of Mary. Why in a lowly barn such as thisis the boy born today?For every unrighteous sinnerhis love has flourished.He is the Christ, the kingShepherds, angels sing,Come, come to him, the son of Mary. Whether youre king or farmhand,bring offerings in his honor.To the king of kings, a savior,may we lift up a throne to him.He is the Christ, the kingShepherds, angels sing,Come, come to him, the son of Mary. Grammar and Vocabulary Notes Nià ±o, although usually translated as boy as in the translation here, also can refer to a child if the childs sex isnt known. In traditional Spanish, este as a demonstrative pronoun is spelled using an orthographic accent as à ©ste. Under modern rules of the language, however, the accent can be omitted as it is here if it isnt necessary to avoid ambiguity. The phrase al dormir is an example of using al with an infinitive. This is a common way of saying when the action of another verb in the sentence takes place. Pastor in Spanish can mean either pastor or shepherd. The verb velar usually means merely to stay awake. However, it sometimes can be translated as taking care of, safeguarding, or keeping watch over someone or something. Le is an indirect-object pronoun. In the sentence Le cantan melodà ­as (they sing melodies to him), the direct object is melodà ­as, because that is what is being sung, and le is the indirect object because it indicates whom the melodies are being sung to or for. In this case, le refers to the baby child. El Cristo uses the Christ as a title or description rather than as a name in the traditional English version of the hymn. Cristo comes from a Greek word meaning Messiah. Note the use of the personal a in the last line of each stanza. When a person (or an animal or object treated as a person) is the direct object of the verb, the a is required before the object. This Spanish version uses angular quotes, which are more common in Spain than in Latin America. Double quote marks such as those of English could have been used instead. Note that closing period goes outside the quote marks rather than before. Venid is the second-person informal or familiar plural imperative form of venir. This verb form is seldom used in Latin America, where vengan would be preferred. Al is one of Spanishs very few contractions. It combines the a and el. Humilde could also have been translated as humble, its cognate. The placement of humilde before establo gives it a more emotional connotation than it might have had otherwise. Establo is a cognate of the English stable and can also be translated that way. Stable as an adjective in Spanish is estable. Injusto usually refers to someone being unfair or unjust. Unrighteous was used here to fit the context. It is common in Spanish to use the suffix  -dor with the stem of a verb to create a noun for a person or thing who performs that verbs action. An example of this is pecador, which comes from the verb pecar, meaning to sin. The first two lines of the final stanza have been transposed and translated nonliterally to make the translation less awkward. Traed is the second-personal informal plural imperative of traer. Note that the plural form is used here even though its subject — el rey como el labriego (the king as well as the farmhand) — would be grammatically singular in English. As a general rule in Spanish, two singular nouns joined by a word or phrase that means as well as take a plural verb. Levantemos is the first-person plural imperative form of levantar. Un trono levantemos (an unusual word order is used here to fit the music) could also have been translated as lets lift up a throne. Labriego is an old word referring to a farmer or peasant. It has been mostly replaced in modern usage by labrador. Alternative Spanish Version Here are the lyrics and translation for the first verse of another public-domain version of the song:  ¿Quià ©n es este nià ±o, que tendido para descansarsobre el regazo de Maria, està ¡ durmiendo?A quià ©n los à ¡ngeles cantan con dulces himnosMientras los pastores guardan vigilia?Este es Cristo el Rey,A quien los pastores resguardan y los à ¡ngeles cantan; ¡Deprisa!,  ¡deprisa! ir a alabarlo, ¡al Nià ±o, el hijo de Maria! Who is this boy, the one inclined to reston Marys lap, is sleeping?To whom do the angels swing with sweet hymnsWhile the shepherds keep watch?This is Christ the King,Whom the shepherds keep watch over and the angels sing to.Hurry! Hurry! Go praise him,the boy, the son of Mary!