by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Translation © by Enrique Beck (1904 - 1974)

Baile
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG FRE
La Carmen está bailando
por las calles de Sevilla.
Tiene blancos los cabellos
y brillantes las pupilas.

¡Niñas, corred las cortinas!

En su cabeza se enrosca
una serpiente amarilla,
y va soñando en el baile
con galanes de otros días.

¡Niñas, corred las cortinas!

Las calles están desiertas
y en los fondos se adivinan,
corazones andaluces
buscando viejas espinas.

¡Niñas, corred las cortinas!

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

  • ENG English (Richard Gard) , "Dance", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Dance", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Danse", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-11
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Word count: 63

Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Spanish (Español) 
Durch die Straßen von Sevilla
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Composition:

    Set to music by Günter Bialas (1907 - 1992), "Tanz", published 1959 [ soprano and piano or orchestra ], from Lieder und Balladen, no. 2, Kassel, Basel, London, New York: Bärenreiter, 1959 (BA 3861)

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This text was added to the website: 2007-09-30
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