University of Minnesota Women's Chorus; Jane Cords-O'Hara, cello; Mary Jo Gothmann, piano

Al que ingrato me deja, busco amante; al que amante me sigue, dejo ingrato; constante adoro a quien adoro a quien mi amor maltrata; maltrato a quien mi amor busca constante. Al que trato de amor, hallo diamante, y soy diamante al que de amor me trata; triunfante quiero ver al que me mata, y mato al que me quiere ver triunfante. Si a éste pago, padece mi deseo; si ruego a aquel, mi pundonor enojo; de entrambos modos infeliz me veo. Pero yo, por mejor partido, escojo de quien no quiero, ser violento empleo, que, de quien no me quiere, vil despojo. -Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz I search lovingly for one who will make me feel ungrateful; whenever a lover chases after me, I leave him, ungratefully; I constantly adore whoever abuses my love; I abuse the one who constantly seeks mine. I discover a diamond in the one I treat lovingly, and I am a diamond to the one who treats me with love; I want good fortune to shine on the one who hurts me and I hurt the one who wishes for my happiness. If I give to this one, my desire weakens; if I beg that one, I anger my own self-love; either way I nd myself unhappy. But I, to make the best of it, would rather choose someone I didn’t love, disgraceful as that may be, over someone who couldn’t love me back; otherwise my conquest would become rotten plunder. -Translation by Katie Villaseñor