Piececitos de niño, azulosos de frío cómo os ven y nos cubren ¡Dios mío! Piececitos heridos por los guijarros todos ultrajados de nieves y lodos. El hombre ciego ignora que por donde pasáis una flor de luz viva dejáis, que allí donde ponéis la plantita sangrante el nardo crece más fragante. Sed, puesto que marcháis por los caminos rectos heroicos como sois perfectos. Piececitos de niño dos joyitas sufrientes ¡cómo pasan sin veros las gentes!
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Authorship:
- by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral, "Piececitos" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carlos Guastavino (1912 - 2000), "Piececitos", 1960 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson (1899 - 1987), "Piececitos", op. 9 no. 2 (1927) [ medium voice and piano ], from Cuatro poemas, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-13
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