by Rosalia de Castro (1837 - 1885)
Lua descolorida
Language: Spanish (Español)
Lúa descolorida Como cor de ouro pálido, vesme i eu non quixera me vises de tan alto. Ó espaso que recorres, lévame, caladiña, nun teu raio. Astro das almas orfas, lúa descolorida, eu ben sei que n'alumas tristeza cal a miña. Vai contalo ó teu dono, e dille que me leve abonde habita. Mais non lle contes nada, descolorida lúa, pois nin neste nin noutros mundos teréis fertuna. Se sabe onde a morte ten a morada escura, dille que corpo e alma xuntamente me leve adonde non recorden nunca, Nin no mundo en que estóu nin nas alturas.
Authorship:
- by Rosalia de Castro (1837 - 1885) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Osvaldo Noé Golijov (b. 1960), "Lúa descolorida", published 2002 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Tomás Marco (b. 1942), "Lua descolorida", 1994, first performed 1994 [ soprano and piano ], from Tres cantos lunares, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2020-01-07
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