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by Ignasi Iglésias i Pujadas (1871 - 1928)

Esplai
Language: Catalan (Català) 
Our translations:  ENG
Jo vull viure, jo vull viure
i estimar i ser estimat
bo i fruint la vida lliure
sota un cel esperançat.

Com herald de l’alegria
sense pena i sense dol,
vui cantar de nit i dia
lo mateix que el rossinyol.

Vull trenar cançons vibrantes
impregnades de vigor,
que s’endinzin ressonantes
en els cors sedents d’amor.

Cada nota de ma lira
vull que engendri un altre cant
vull que sigui la guspira
del foc nou que es va abrellant.

Jo vull viure, jo vull viure
i estimant en germanor
difrutar la vida lliure
com l’ocell refilador.

Text Authorship:

  • by Ignasi Iglésias i Pujadas (1871 - 1928) [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 Eduard Toldrà Soler (1895 - 1962), "Esplai", 1929. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Salvador Pila) , "Effusion", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2014-06-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 96

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