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Juan is a given name, the Spanish language and Manx language version of John. It is very common in the Isle of Man and in Spain (its origin) and in Spanish-speaking communities around the world. The feminine form in Spanish is Juana, or Juanita on its diminutive.
Juan (Mandarin pronunciation: [tɕɥɛ̂n] or [tɕɥɛ́n]; 娟, 隽) "beautiful, graceful" is also commonly used as a given name for Chinese women. The Chinese character "卷", which is almost (being pronounced [tɕɥɛ̀n]) homophonic with the characters for the female name, is a division of a traditional Chinese manuscript or book and can be translated as "fascicle", "scroll", "chapter" or "volume".
Don Juan (Spanish), Don Giovanni (Italian) is a legendary, fictional libertine. The first written version of the Don Juan legend was written by the Spanish dramatist Tirso de Molina (nom de plume of Gabriel Téllez). His play, El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra (The Trickster of Seville and the Stone Guest), was set in the fourteenth century and published in Spain around 1630. The name "Don Juan" is a common metaphor for a "womanizer".
The original play was written in the Spanish Golden Age according to its beliefs and ideals, but as the story was translated and time passed the story was adapted to accommodate cultural changes.
Tirso de Molina wrote “El burlador de Sevilla” in 1630 in order to demonstrate a life-changing lesson. He saw that everyone was throwing his or her life away, living and sinning as they pleased, because they believed that in the end, as long as they repented before they died, they would receive the grace to enter heaven. Through his play, however, he shows that even Don Juan, who is identified as the very devil, a “man without a name” and shape-shifter, has to eventually pay for his sins. Tirso reminds us that we must pay for our actions, and that in the end death makes us all equal.
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Juan, dejó atrás
Su espada y su dinero
Juan, el quiere más
Q' ser solo el primero
Vá por ahí, sin preocupación
Ni tiene casa, ni un coche sport
Va, sin su Visa, sin MasterCard
Todo lo que quiere es amor
Y es q' tan solo el amor
Puede más
Q' el oro y su resplandor
Mucho más
Y es q' tan solo el amor
Abriga más
Q'l cuero, el mink o visón
Mucho más
Juan, dejó atrás
Su ropa y sus complejos
Juan, precisa más
Q' verse en mil espejos
Vá por ahí, sin discriminación
Ni tiene raza, ni religión
Va gritando fuerte su convicción
"Más vale la yema q'l cascarón"
Y es q' tan solo el amor
Puede más
Q' el oro y su resplandor
Mucho más
Y es q' tan solo el amor
Abriga más
Q'l cuero, el mink o visón
Mucho más
Javier Alzérreca (transcript)