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Cantos de Amor

Song Cycle by Odaline de la Martinez (b. 1949)

Publisher: Composers Edition (external link)

1. La he visto  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Spanish (Español) 
  Hoy la tierra y los cielos me sonríen;
Hoy llega al fondo de mi alma el sol;
Hoy la he visto... la he visto y me ha mirado...
	¡Hoy creo en Dios!

Text Authorship:

  • by Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 17, Madrid, Imprenta de T. Fortanet, first published 1871

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

  • ENG English (Jeffrey Tang) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (George Pereli) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Confirmed with Gustavo A. Bécquer, Obras de Gustavo A. Bécquer, tomo segundo, Rimas, Madrid: Imprenta de T. Fortanet, 1871, page 268.


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]

2. "¿Que es poesía?"  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Spanish (Español) 
Por una mirada, un mundo,
por una sonrisa, un cielo,
por un beso... ¡yo no sé
que te diera por un beso!

Text Authorship:

  • by Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 23

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

  • ENG English (Xochimilco Cortez) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

4. ¡No pudo ser!
 (Sung text)

Language: Spanish (Español) 
Tú eras el huracán, y yo la alta 
torre que desafia su poder:
Tenías que estrellarte o abatirme!...
          ¡No pudo ser!

Tu eras el oceano y vo la enhiesta
roca que firme aguarda su vaivén: 
Tenías que romperte o que arrancarme!...
          ¡No pudo ser!

Hermosa tú, yo altivo; acostumbrados
uno a arrollar, el otro a no ceder; 
la senda estrecha, inevitable el choque...
          ¡No pudo ser!

Text Authorship:

  • by Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870)

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Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 121
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