by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Language: Spanish (Español)
El puñal entra en el corazón, como la reja del arado en el yermo. No. No me lo claves. No. El puñal, como un rayo de sol, incendia las terribles hondonadas. No. No me lo claves. No.
Composition:
- Set to music by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "Puñal", from Romancero Gitano, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Puñal", appears in Poema del Cante Jondo, in Poema de la soleá, first published 1921
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Richard Gard) , "Dagger", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Dagger", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Poignard", 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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