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Qui sentís, renovellat, per la bruixa entesa, aquell gust precipitat de la jovenesa; pluja i vent arremorat, i l’acàcia en tot esclat i deixant per l’empedrat florida estesa! Ah, l’anar sota l’aiguat com fent-li escomesa, d’un sonet mig començat en l’embrieguesa, i amb paraigua foradat, i la lluna pel forat, i rient a mon costat una noia encesa! Qui sentís, renovellat, per la bruixa entesa, aquell gust precipitat de la jovenesa!...
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Eduard Toldrà Soler (1895 - 1962), "Recança", 1926 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (Salvador Pila) , "Regret", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Salvador Pila [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2014-06-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 71
Who could feel, renewed, by the skilled witch, that hasty zest of the youth; rain and roughening wind, and the acacia in full bloom, leaving on the pavement a spread of flowers! Ah, to walk under the rainstorm as trying to defy it, of a half-started sonnet in the rapture, and with a pierced umbrella, and the moon through the hole, and laughing at my side a passionate girl! Who could feel, renewed, by the skilled witch, that hasty zest of the youth!...
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- Translation from Catalan (Català) to English copyright © 2014 by Salvador Pila, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Catalan (Català) by Josep Carner i Puigoriol (1884 - 1970)
This text was added to the website: 2014-06-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 83