I grow a white rose

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by José Julián Martí Pérez (1853 - 1895), as José Martí

Translation © by Jeffrey Tang

Cultivo una rosa blanca

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

Cultivo una rosa blanca,
En julio como en enero,
Para el amigo sincero
Que me da su mano franca.

Y para el cruel que me arranca
El corazón con que vivo
Cardo ni oruga cultivo:
Cultivo la rosa blanca.

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Text Authorship:

by José Julián Martí Pérez (1853 - 1895), as José Martí , no title, appears in Versos sencillos, no. 39 [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 Ángel Lasala (1914 - 2000), "La rosa blanca", 1952 [ voice and piano ], from Poemas americanos, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
by Aurelio de la Vega (b. 1925), "Cultivo una rosa blanca", 1995 [ soprano, clarinet, violoncello, and piano ], from Canciones transparentes, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

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ENG English (Jeffrey Tang) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-08-23
Line count: 8
Word count: 39

I grow a white rose

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

I grow a white rose,
In July as in January,
For the sincere friend
Who gives me his candid hand.

And for the cruel one that tears out
The heart with which I live,
It is neither thistle nor pest I grow:
I grow a white rose.

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a text in Spanish (Español) by José Julián Martí Pérez (1853 - 1895), as José Martí , no title, appears in Versos sencillos, no. 39
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This text was added to the website: 2023-02-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 47