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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Translation © by Richard Gard

Crótalo

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

Crótalo.
Crótalo.
Crótalo.
Escarabajo sonoro.

En la araña
de la mano
rizas el aire
cálido,
y te ahogas en tu trino
de palo.

Crótalo.
Crótalo.
Crótalo.
Escarabajo sonoro.

Text Authorship:

by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Crótalo", appears in Poema del Cante Jondo, in Seis caprichos, no. 3, first published 1921 [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 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "Crótalo", from Romancero Gitano, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Richard Gard) , "Castanet", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ivo Zandhuis

This text was added to the website: 2005-01-11
Line count: 14
Word count: 28

Castanet

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Castanet.
Castanet.
Castanet.
Raucous black beetle.
 
In the spider legs
of a hand
you curl the hot
air
and drown in your trill
of wood.
 
Castanet.
Castanet.
Castanet.
Raucous black beetle.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2010 by Richard Gard, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Crótalo", appears in Poema del Cante Jondo, in Seis caprichos, no. 3, first published 1921
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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-03
Line count: 14
Word count: 31