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by Jesús María Arozamena Berástegui (1918 - 1972)

Cazando Mariposas
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Correr y correr; no dejaremos de correr, la mariposa está al caer.
Volar y volar; volando siempre a dónde irá? ¡Ni ella misma lo sabrá!
Subir y bajar, bajar para subir después de tanto ir 
y venir la acabaremos de atrapar.
Cazar es robar el alma de volar, cazar es reir sólo por ver sufrir. 
Correr y correr la mariposa está al caer,
Volar y volar; volando siempre a dónde irá? ¡Ni ella misma lo sabrá! 
Mirad, mirad lo atolondrada que se va.

Venid hacia allá que se ha tenido que sentar encima de aquel matorral.
Chitón y chitón, silencio, prisa y atención, que no la espante un tropezón.
Venid que ya está, por fin la tengo yo… 
SerÁn las ganas que tendrás, mirad por dónde se escapó.
Cazar es robar el alma de volar, cazar es reir sólo por ver sufrir. 
Volar y volar, las mariposas, ¿dónde irán?
Cuando las vemos en su flor, obra feliz del Creador, 
Amigos somos y digámosles adiós.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Jesús María Arozamena Berástegui (1918 - 1972) [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 Jesus Guridi Bidaola (1886 - 1961), "Cazando Mariposas", published 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Canciones Infantiles, no. 1, Madrid : Union Musical Española [sung text not yet checked]

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