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by Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973)

Pensées
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Que despierte el leñador
Que venga Abraham con su hacha
Y con su plato de madera
A comer con los campesinos.
Que su cabeza de corteza,
Sus ojos vistos en las tablas,
En las arrugas de la encine,
Vuelvan a mirar el mundo
Subiendo sobre las sequías.

Que entre a comprar en las farmacias,
Que tome un autobús a Tampа
Que muerda una manzana amarilla,
Que entre en un cine, que converse,
Que despierte el leñador,

Que venga Abraham, que hinche
Su vieja levadura la tierra
Verde y dorada de Illinois
Y levante el hacha en su pueblo
Contra los nuevos esclavistas,
Contra el látigo del esclavo,
Contra el veneno de la imprenta,
Contra la mercadería
Sangrienta que quieren vender.

Que marchen cantando y sonriendo
El joven blanco y el joven negro
Contra las paredes de oro
Contra el fabricante de odio,
Contra el mercader de sangre,
Cantando, sonriendo y venciendo,
Que despierte el leñador.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973) [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 Danielle Baas (b. 1958), "Pensées", op. 105 (2004) [ voice, violin and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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