Reloj de Amor

Ik hou van je,
jij
uit het noorden,
met je

glimlach
van
geheimschrift
en je

kijken
zuiverder
dan

zelfs het
zuiverste
licht hier.

Text Authorship:

• by Johan Wilhelm Van der Zant (1926 - 1977), as Hans Andreus, "Ik hou van je", written 1973, appears in Om de mond van het licht [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):

Set by Maria Alejandra Castro Espejo (b. 1978), 2010, first performed 2010 [ mezzo-soprano and guitar ]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

Luz vertical,
luz tú;
alta luz tú,
luz oro;
luz vibrante,
luz tú.
Y yo la negra, ciega, sorda, muda sombra horizontal.

Text Authorship:

• by Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón (1881 - 1958), "Luz tú" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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Set by Maria Alejandra Castro Espejo (b. 1978), 2010 [ mezzo-soprano and guitar ]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

Ge
dachtepurper 
slak, nog halverwege
inwendig: wees 
gegroet.

Uren,
op ooghoogte 
gezien: ik 
besef 
mij

Text Authorship:

• by Jacques Hamelink (1939 - 2021), "Sainte Honorine-des-Pertes", Amsterdam : De Bezige, first published 1975 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Set by Maria Alejandra Castro Espejo (b. 1978), 2010, first performed 2010 [ mezzo-soprano and guitar ]

Confirmed with Anneleen De Coux, De ornamentenversierde cither heraangeraakt’. De metapoëzie van Jacques Hamelink 2012

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

Una representación hermosa del amor
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Text Authorship:

• by Emilio A. Westphalen (1911 - 2001), written 1989, appears in Cuál es la risa, no. 3, copyright © [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):

Set by Maria Alejandra Castro Espejo (b. 1978), 2010, first performed 2010 [ mezzo-soprano and guitar ]
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