Escalas
de alas
en las salas
del Museo.

El deseo
de un hombre feo
robó a las diosas
las preciosas 
mariposas.
Oscura
y dura
tortura:

(Un alfiler les clava la cintura
que bailara en el cáliz de una rosa.)

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

Composition:

Set to music by Mercedes Zavala Gironés (b. 1963), "Vanessa io (Mariposa)", op. 62 no. 4 (2006) [ soprano, mezzo-soprano, and percussion (marimba) ], from Bestiarium, no. 4

Text Authorship:

• by Dulce María Loynaz (1902 - 1997), "Lección octava: Vanessa io (Mariposa)", 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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Word count: 39