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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

El lagarto está llorando
 (Sung text for setting by X. Montsalvatge)
 Matches original text
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
El lagarto está llorando.
La lagarta está llorando.

El lagarto y la lagarta
con delantaritos blancos.

Han perdido sin querer
su anillo de desposados.

¡Ay, su anillito de plomo,
ay, su anillito plomado!

Un cielo grande y sin gente
monta en su globo a los pájaros.

El sol, capitán redondo,
lleva un chaleco de raso.

¡Miradlos qué viejos son!
¡Qué viejos son los lagartos!

¡Ay cómo lloran y lloran.
¡ay! ¡ay!, cómo están llorando!

Composition:

    Set to music by Xavier Montsalvatge (1912 - 2002), "El lagarto está llorando", 1953, published 1953 [ voice and piano ], from Canciones para niños, no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), no title, appears in Canciones, in Canciones para niños, first published 1921-4

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

  • ENG English (Jennifer Capaldo) , "Mr. Lizard is crying", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le lézard pleure", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-08-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 74

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