by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  FRE
 ... 

Yo
 Se ha llenado de luces
 mi corazón de seda,
 de campanas perdidas,
 de lirios y de abejas,
 y yo me iré muy lejos,
 más allá de esas sierras,
 más allá de los mares,
 cerca de las estrellas,
 para pedirle a Cristo
 Señor que me devuelva
 mi alma antigua de niño,
 ... .

Composition:

    Set to music by George Crumb (1929 - 2022), no title, 1970, stanza 16 [ soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, electric piano, and percussion ], from Ancient Voices of Children, no. 5, New York, Peters

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  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , 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: 73
Word count: 252