Deseo en primavera | Me gustan las canciones de cuna que las madres cantan

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by Francis Ledwidge (1891 - 1917)

Translation © by José Miguel Llata

Desire in Spring

Language: English

Our translations: GER SPA

I love the cradle-songs the mothers sing
   In lonely places when the twilight drops,
The slow, endearing melodies that bring
   Sleep to the weeping lids; and, when she stops,
   I love the roadside birds upon the tops
Of dusty hedges in a world of Spring.
And when the sunny rain drips from the edge
   Of mid-day wind, and meadows lean one way,
And a long whisper passes thro' the sedge,
   Beside the broken water let me stay,
   While these old airs upon my memory play,
And silent changes colour up the hedge.

Text Authorship:

by Francis Ledwidge (1891 - 1917) [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 Richard Bruce Faith (b. 1926), "Desire in Spring" [sung text not yet checked]
by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Desire in Spring", subtitle: "Twilight Song", 1918-1919, published 1920, in The Chapbook [sung text checked 1 time]
by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "Desire in Spring", op. 576 (1960) [sung text not yet checked]

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

GER German (Deutsch) (Sharon Krebs) (Maria M. Schnepp) , "Frühlingssehnsucht", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "Deseo en primavera", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 92

Deseo en primavera

Language: Spanish (Español) after the English

Me gustan las canciones de cuna que las madres cantan
 en los lugares solitarios cuando el crepúsculo cae,
Las melodías lentas y entrañables que traen
  sueño a los llorosos párpados; y cuando ella se detiene, 
  me gustan las aves al borde de los caminos en lo alto 
de polvorientos setos en un mundo de primavera.
Y cuando la soleada lluvia gotea desde el filo
  del viento del mediodía, y los prados se inclinan hacia un lado, 
y un largo suspiro pasa a través del junco, 
  Déjame permanecer al lado del agua rota,
  mientras esas viejas canciones suenan en mi memoria, 
y los cambios silenciosos colorean el seto.

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a text in English by Francis Ledwidge (1891 - 1917)
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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 107