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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Casida del llanto
 (Sung text for setting by S. Grill)
 Matches original text
Language: Spanish (Español) 
He cerrado mi balcón
por que no quiero oír el llanto
pero por detrás de los grises muros
no se oye otra cosa que el llanto.

Hay muy pocos ángeles que canten,
hay muy pocos perros que ladren,
mil violines caben en la palma de mi mano.

Pero el llanto es un perro inmenso,
el llanto es un ángel inmenso,
el llanto es un violín inmenso,
las lágrimas amordazan al viento,
no se oye otra cosa que el llanto.

Composition:

    Set to music by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Casida del llanto", copyright © 2017 [ soprano and violin ], from The Violin Sings in a Common Language, no. 3, confirmed with an online score

Text Authorship:

  • by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Casida del llanto", written 1936, appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Casidas, no. 2

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 79

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