Language: Spanish (Español)
Our translations: ENG FRE
El niño busca su voz.
(La tenía el rey de los grillos.)
En una gota de agua
buscaba su voz el niño.
No la quiero para hablar;
me haré con ella un anillo
que llevará mi silencio
en su dedo pequeñito.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
Composition:
Set to music by George Crumb (1929 - 2022), no title, 1970, stanzas 1-2 [ soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, electric piano, and percussion ], from Ancient Voices of Children, no. 1, New York : Peters
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- ENG English (Laura Stanfield Prichard) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'enfant muet", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 63
Language: English after the Spanish (Español)
The child looks for his voice.
(The king of crickets has it.)
In a drop of water
the child searched for his voice.
I do not want him to speak.
I should make a ring
that my silence will carry
to his littlest finger.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.
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Line count: 12
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