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El Fuego
Staff Notation • Sacred, Villancicos
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2 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
SATB · Ilse Baltzer
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El Fuego by Mateo Flecha el Viejo — Lyrics
¡Corred, corred, pecadores!
¡No os tardéis en traer luego
agua al fuego!
¡Fuego, fuego! ¡Agua al fuego!
Este fuego se ençiende
es el maldito pecado
que, al que no halla ocupado,
siempre para sí lo prende.
Cualquier que de Dios pretende
salvaçión, procure luego
agua al fuego.
¡Fuego, fuego! ¡Agua al fuego!
Venid presto, pecadores,
a matar aqueste fuego;
hazed penitençia luego
de todos vuestros errores.
¡Reclamen esas campanasdandándentros de vuestros coraçones!
Poned en Dios las afiçiones
todas las gentes humanas.
¡Reclamen esas campanasdandán¡Llamad esos aguadores luego
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About El Fuego
Mateo Flecha el Viejo's El Fuego is a vibrant SATB setting of a Spanish text. The work's urgent message calls to sinners to extinguish the flames of sin with the water of repentance. The composer vividly portrays this spiritual battle, urging listeners to 'run, run, sinners!' and bring 'water to the fire!' The text employs vivid imagery, comparing sin to a consuming fire that must be quenched through penance and devotion to God. The piece builds in intensity, with a compelling call for inner change, symbolized by the tolling bells within our hearts, and a final plea for all to join in extinguishing this destructive force.
