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© by Dulce María Loynaz (1902 - 1997)

Escalas/ de alas
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Escalas
de alas
en las salas
del Museo.

El deseo
de un hombre feo
robó a las diosas
las preciosas 
mariposas.
Oscura
y dura
tortura:

(Un alfiler les clava la cintura
que bailara en el cáliz de una rosa.)

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First published in "Revolución y Cultura La Habana no. 11, 11-1985

Text Authorship:

  • by Dulce María Loynaz (1902 - 1997), "Lección octava: Vanessa io (Mariposa)", written 1920, first published 1985, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [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 Mercedes Zavala Gironés (b. 1963), "Vanessa io (Mariposa)", op. 62 no. 4 (2006) [soprano, mezzo-soprano, and percussion (marimba)], from Bestiarium, no. 4. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Mercedes Zavala Gironés

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-02
Line count: 14
Word count: 39

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