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Verte desnuda es recordar la tierra. La tierra lisa, limpia de caballos. La tierra sin un junco, forma pura cerrada al porvenir: confín de plata. Verte desnuda es comprender el ansia de la lluvia que busca débil talle, o la fiebre del mar de inmenso rostro sin encontrar la luz de su mejilla. La sangre sonará por las alcobas y vendrá con espada fulgurante, pero tú no sabrás dónde se ocultan el corazón de sapo o la violeta. Tu vientre es una lucha de raíces, tus labios son un alba sin contorno, bajo las rosas tibias de la cama los muertos gimen esperando turno.
G. Crumb sets line 1
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Text Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Casida de la mujer tendida", appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Casidas, no. 4, first published 1936 [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), "Verte desnuda es recordar la tierra", published 1965, line 1 [ soprano, vibraphone, and contrabass ], from Madrigals, Book I, no. 1, New York, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2012-02-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 104
Te voir nue c'est se rappeler la terre. La terre lisse, dégagée de chevaux, la terre sans roseaux, forme pure fermée à l'avenir : confins d'argent. Te voir nue c'est comprendre l'envie de la pluie à la recherche d'une taille fragile, ou de la fièvre de la mer à l'immense visage sans trouver la lumière de sa joue. Le sang sonnera dans les alcôves, et viendra avec l'épée flamboyante, mais tu ne sauras où se cache le cœur du crapaud ou la violette. Ton ventre est une bataille de racines, tes lèvres sont une aube sans contour, sous les roses tièdes du lit, les morts gémissent, attendant leur tour.
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Translations of title(s):
"Verte desnuda es recordar la tierra" = "Te voir nue c'est se rappeler la terre"
"Casida de la mujer tendida" = "Qasida de la femme étendue"
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- 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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Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Casida de la mujer tendida", appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Casidas, no. 4, first published 1936
This text was added to the website: 2017-05-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 108