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by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870)

Del salón en el ángulo oscuro
Language: Spanish (Español) 
  Del salón en el ángulo oscuro,
De su dueño tal vez olvidada,
Silenciosa y cubierta de polvo
	Veíase el arpa.

  ¡Cuánta nota dormía en sus cuerdas,
Como el pájaro duerme en las ramas,
Esperando la mano de nieve
	Que sabe [arrancarla]1!

  ¡Ay! pensé; ¡cuántas veces el genio
Así duerme en el fondo del alma,
Y una voz, como Lázaro, espera
Que le diga: «¡Levántate y anda!»

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•   I. Albéniz 

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Confirmed with Obras de Gustavo A. Bécquer, tomo segundo, Rimas, Madrid: Imprenta de T. Fortanet, 1871, page 257.

Note: The first publication uses the spelling variant "génio" in the preantepenultimate line.

1 I. Albéniz: "arrancarlas"

Text Authorship:

  • by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 7, Madrid, Imprenta de T. Fortanet, first published 1871 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909), "VII - Del salón en el ángulo oscuro", op. 7 no. 2 (1886) [ voice and piano ], from Rimas de Bécquer, no. 2 [sung text checked 2 times]

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

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 68

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