Quitame el pan, si quieres, quitame el aire, pero no me quites tu risa. No me quites la rosa, la lanza que desgranas, el agua que de pronto estalla en tu alegria, la repentina ola de plata que te nace. Mi lucha es dura y vuelvo con los ojoss cansados a veces de haber visto la tierra que no cambia, pero al entrar tu risa sube al cielo buscandome y abre para mi todas las puertas de la vida. Amor mio, en la hora mas oscura desgrana tu risa, y si de pronto ves que mi sangre mancha las piedras de la calle, rie, porque tu risa sera para mis manos como una espada fresca. Junto al mar en otono, tu risa debe alzar su cascada de espuma, y en primavera, amor, quiero tu risa como la flor que yo esperaba, la flor azul, la rosa de mi patria sonora. Riete de la noche, del dia, de la luna, riete de las calles torcidas de la isla, riete de este torpe muchacho que te quiere, pero cuando yo abro los ojos y los cierro, cuando mis pasos van, cuando vuelven mis pasos, niegame el pan, el aire, la luz, la primavera, pero tu risa nunca porque me moriria.
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P. Van Ness sets stanza 6 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
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P. Van Ness sets stanza 4 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
P. Van Ness sets stanza 5 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
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Text Authorship:
- by Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973), "Tu risa", appears in Los versos del capitán, in El amor [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 Patricia Van Ness , "Quitame el pan", 1996, first performed 1999, stanzas 1-2 [ soprano and guitar or harpsichord or piano ], from Tu Risa, no. 1
Score: Patricia van Ness [external link] [sung text checked 1 time] - by Patricia Van Ness , "Riete de la noche", 1966, copyright © 1966, first performed 1999, stanza 6 [ soprano and guitar or harpsichord or piano ], from Tu Risa, no. 5
Score: Patricia van Ness [external link] [sung text checked 1 time] - by Patricia Van Ness , "Mi lucha", 1996, stanza 3 [ soprano and guitar or harpsichord or piano ], from Tu Risa, no. 2
Score: Patricia van Ness [external link] [sung text checked 1 time] - by Patricia Van Ness , "Amor mio", 1996, copyright © 1996, first performed 1999, stanza 4 [ soprano and guitar or harpsichord or piano ], from Tu Risa, no. 3
Score: Patricia van Ness [external link] [sung text checked 1 time] - by Patricia Van Ness , "Junto al mar", 1996, copyright © 1996, first performed 1999, stanza 5 [ soprano and guitar or harpsichord or piano ], from Tu Risa, no. 4
Score: Patricia van Ness [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
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