Un arbre de sang baigne le matin

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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Árbol de Sangre riega la mañana

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: FRE

Árbol de Sangre riega la mañana 
por donde gime la recién parida. 
Su voz deja cristales en la herida 
y un gráfico de hueso en la ventana. 

Mientras la luz que viene fija y gana 
blancas metas de fábula que olvida 
el tumulto de venas en la huida 
hacia el turbio frescor de la manzana, 

Adam sueña en la fiebre de la arcilla 
un niño que se acerca galopando 
por el doble latir de su mejilla. 

[Pero otro]¹ Adán oscuro está soñando 
neutra luna de piedra sin semilla 
donde el niño de luz se irá quemando.

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G. Crumb sets stanza 4

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¹ Crumb: "Otro"

Text Authorship:

by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Adam" [author's text checked 1 time 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 (1929 - 2022), "Otro Adán oscuro está soñando", 1969, stanza 4 [ mezzo-soprano, alto flute or piccolo, banjo, electric cello, percussion ], from Night of the Four Moons, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in English, a translation by Ignatius Royston Dunnachie Campbell, known as Roy Campbell (1901 - 1957) , copyright © ; composed by Alvin Brehm.
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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Un arbre de sang baigne le matin

Language: French (Français) after the Spanish (Español)

Un arbre de sang baigne le matin
où la nouvelle mère gémit.
sa voix laisse des cristaux dans la blessure
et sur la fenêtre un dessin d'os.

Pendant que la lumière se fixe et gagne
les limites blanches de la fable qui oublie
le tumulte des veines dans son vol
vers la fraîcheur trouble de la pomme.

Adam rêve dans la fièvre de l'argile
d'un garçon qui s'approche en galopant
par le double battement dans sa joue.

Mais un autre Adam obscur rêve
d'un lune neutre, de pierre, sans graine,
où le garçon de lumière va brûler.

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Translations of title(s):
"Adam" = "Adam "
"Otro Adán oscuro está soñando" = "Un autre Adam obscur rêve"

Text Authorship:

Translation from Spanish (Español) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Adam"
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-06
Line count: 14
Word count: 97