by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Language: Spanish (Español)
Cuando yo me muera, enterradme con mi guitarra bajo la arena. Cuando yo me muera, entre los naranjos y la hierbabuena. Cuando yo me muera, enterradme si queréis en una veleta. ¡Cuando yo me muera!
Composition:
- Set to music by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "Memento", from Romancero Gitano, no. 5
Text Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Memento", appears in Poema del Cante Jondo, in Viñetas flamencas , first published 1921
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Richard Gard) , "Mememto", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , "Memento", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Memento", 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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