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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

La luna y la muerte
Language: Spanish (Español) 
La luna tiene dientes de marfil.
¡Qué vieja y triste asoma!
Están los cauces secos,
los campos sin verdores
y los árboles mustios
sin nidos y sin hojas.
Doña Muerte, arrugada,
pasea por sauzales
con su absurdo cortejo
de ilusiones remotas.
Va vendiendo colores
de cera y de tormenta
como un hada de cuento
mala y enredadora.

La luna le ha comprado
pinturas a la Muerte.
En esta noche turbia
¡está la luna loca!

Yo mientras tanto pongo
en mi pecho sombrío
una feria sin músicas
con las tiendas de sombra.

Text Authorship:

  • by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "La luna y la muerte" [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 Lucien Goethals (1931 - 2006), "La luna y la muerte" [ voice and orchestra ], from Cuatro poemas de Frederico Garcia Lorca, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2022-10-17
Line count: 22
Word count: 92

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