by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  FRE FRE
La luna vino a la fragua
con su polisón de nardos.
El niño la mira mira.
El niño la está mirando.

En el aire conmovido
mueve la luna sus brazos
y enseña, lúbrica y pura,
sus senos de duro estaño.

 ...
Sometimes titled "Romance de la luna, luna"

Composition:

    Set to music by Bernard Rands (b. 1934), "Romance de la luna", published 1980, first performed 1981, stanzas 1-2 [ soprano and orchestra ], from Canti lunatici, no. 7, London : Universal Edition

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • 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.
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Word count: 165