by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Cuando sale la luna See original
Language: Spanish (Español)
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Cuando sale la luna,
el mar cubre la tierra
y el corazón se siente
isla en el infinito.
Composition:
- Set to music by George Crumb (1929 - 2022), "Cuando sale la luna", 1969, stanza 2 [ mezzo-soprano, alto flute or piccolo, banjo, electric cello, percussion ], from Night of the Four Moons, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "La luna asoma", appears in Canciones, in Canciones de luna, first published 1921-4
See other settings of this text.
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
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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