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¿Por qué nací entre espejos?
El día me da vueltas.
Y la noche me copia
en todas sus estrellas.
Madrigals, Book IV
Song Cycle by George Crumb (1929 - 2022)
1. Por qué nací entre espejos?  [sung text checked 1 time]
Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Canción del naranjo seco", appears in Canciones, in Canciones para terminar, first published 1921-4
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. Tu cuerpo, con la sombra violeta de mis manos  [sung text checked 1 time]
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Tu cuerpo, con la sombra violeta de mis manos,
[era, muerto en la orilla, un]1 arcángel de frío.
Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Gacela del niño muerto", appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Gacelas, no. 5
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- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
1 Crumb (in Madrigals, Book IV, no. 2) : "era un"
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3. La muerte me está mirando  [sung text checked 1 time]
[ ... ] La muerte me está mirando desde las torres de Córdoba. [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Canción del jinete", appears in Canciones, in Andaluzas
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chanson du cavalier", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission