Nana, niño, nana del caballo grande que...

Nana, niño, nana 
del caballo grande 
que no quiso el agua. 
Duérmete, rosal, 
que el caballo se pone allorar. 
Las patas heridas, 
las crines heladas, 
dentro de los ojos 
un puñal de plata.

Translation(s): FRE

List of language codes

Act I Scene 2
Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator] and Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), appears in Bodas de sangre [ 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 George Crumb (b. 1929), "Nana, niño, nana del caballo grande que no quiso el agua", published 1969 [soprano, harp, and percussion], from Madrigals, Book III, no. 3, New York, Peters [ sung text verified 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Une chanson, enfant, une chanson sur le grand cheval qui ne voulait pas d'eau", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2012-02-13.
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