Córdoba. So fern noch und allein

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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

La muerte me está mirando

(Sung text for setting by G. Crumb)

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Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER IRI

 ... 
La muerte me está mirando
desde las torres de Córdoba. 
 ...

Note: the text above is taken from lines 8-9 of the original text.

Composition:

George Crumb

Madrigals, Book IV

Text Authorship:

by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Canción del jinete", appears in Canciones, in Andaluzas

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ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chanson du cavalier", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
IRI Irish (Gaelic) [singable] (Gabriel Rosenstock) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-13
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Word count: 66

Córdoba. So fern noch und allein

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Crumb)

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Language: German (Deutsch) after the Spanish (Español)

 ... 
Der Tod ist’s, der mir starrt entgegen
hoch von den Türmen Córdobas.
 ...

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a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Canción del jinete", appears in Canciones, in Andaluzas
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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-24
Line count: 14
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