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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.

Text 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]

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This text was added to the website: 2020-01-07
Line count: 21
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