The moon comes forth | When the moon appears

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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Cuando sale la luna

(Sung text for setting by G. Crumb)

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Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER

 ... 

Cuando sale la luna,
el mar cubre la tierra
y el corazón se siente
isla en el infinito.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 2 of the original text.

Composition:

George Crumb

Night of the Four Moons

Text Authorship:

by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "La luna asoma", appears in Canciones, in Canciones de luna, first published 1921-4

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

ENG English (Bertram Kottmann) , "The moon comes forth", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La lune se montre", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Mond kommt hervor", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 61

The moon comes forth

(Sung text translation for setting by G. Crumb)

See original

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

 ... 

When the moon appears,
the sea covers the land,
and the heart feels itself
an island in infinity.

Note: the text above is taken from stanza 2 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2017 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "La luna asoma", appears in Canciones, in Canciones de luna, first published 1921-4
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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-24
Line count: 16
Word count: 69