by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Translation © by Robert Bly (b. 1926)

Cuando sale la luna
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE GER
Cuando sale la luna
se pierden las campanas
y aparecen las sendas
impenetrables.

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

Nadie come naranjas
bajo la luna llena.
Es preciso comer
fruta verde y helada.

Cuando sale la luna
de cién rostros iguales,
la moneda de plata
solloza en el bolsillo.

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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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Language: English  after the Spanish (Español) 
When the moon sails out
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Composition:

    Set to music by Ian Venables (b. 1955), "The Moon Sails Out", op. 38 no. 2 (2006), first performed 2006 [ tenor, clarinet, piano ], from On The Wings of Love, no. 2

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