Él se crea su mundo y se lo cierra:
(¡Sueña en romperlo pronto con dos alas!)
Mas, luego viene el hombre y de aquel hilo
-mínimo mundo, vuelo en la promesa-,
hace un vestido para su mujer.

First published in "Revolución y Cultura La Habana no. 11, 11-1985

Composition:

Set to music by Mercedes Zavala Gironés (b. 1963), "Bombix mori (Gusano de Seda)", op. 62 no. 3 (2006) [ soprano, mezzo-soprano, and percussion (marimba) ], from Bestiarium, no. 3

Text Authorship:

• by Dulce María Loynaz (1902 - 1997), "Lección séptima: Bombix mori (Gusano de Seda)", written 1920, first published 1985, copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Researcher for this page: Mercedes Zavala Gironés

This text was added to the website: 2012-03-02
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