by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870)

Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE GER
  Besa el aura que gime blandamente
Las leves ondas que jugando riza;
El sol besa a la nube en Occidente,
Y de púrpura y oro la matiza;
La llama en derredor del tronco ardiente
Por besar a otra llama se desliza,
Y hasta el sauce, inclinándose a su peso, 
Al río que le besa, vuelve un beso.

Notes
The word "á" (in lines 3, 6, and 7) has been changed to "a" in accordance with modern spelling. "río" is misspelled as "rio" in the first publication.

Composition:

    Set to music by Joaquín Turina (1882 - 1949), "Besa el aura", op. 81 no. 3 (1933), published 1935 [ soprano and piano ], from Tres poemas, no. 3, Madrid: UME

Text Authorship:

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

  • ENG English (Laura Claycomb) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Jean-Pierre Granger , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 57