Por las orillas del río

   Homenaje a Lope de Vega

Por las orillas del río
se está la noche mojando
y en los pechos de Lolita
se mueren de amor los ramos.

[Se mueren de amor los ramos.

La noche canta desnuda
sobre los puentes de marzo.
Lolita lava su cuerpo
con agua salobre y nardos.

Se mueren de amor los ramos.]1

La noche de anís y plata
relumbra por los tejados.
Plata de arroyos y espejos.
Anís de tus muslos blancos.

[Se mueren de amor los ramos.]1

Translation(s): FRE FRE

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Authorship

• by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Serenata", appears in Canciones, in Eros con bastón, first published 1925 [ author's text checked 1 time]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

• by George Crumb (b. 1929), "La noche canta desnuda sobre los puentes de marzo", published 1969, lines 6-7 [soprano, harp, and percussion], from Madrigals, Book III, no. 1, New York, Peters [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Alfonso Montecino (b. 1924), "Serenata", op. 14 (1953) [medium voice and piano], from Cinco canciones, no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Silvestre Revueltas (1899 - 1940), "Serenata", 1939, from Siete canciones, no. 7 [ sung text checked 1 time]

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• Also set in French (Français), a translation by Jean Camp (1891 - 1968) , appears in Les Amours de Perlimplin et de Dame Bélise en son jardin, copyright © ; composed by Louise-Marie Simon, as Claude Arrieu.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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