La rosa/ no buscaba la aurora
Language: Spanish (Español)
La rosa
no buscaba la aurora:
casi eterna en su ramo,
buscaba otra cosa.
La rosa,
no buscaba ni ciencia ni sombra:
confín de carne y sueño,
buscaba otra cosa.
La rosa,
no buscaba la rosa.
Inmóvil por el cielo
buscaba otra cosa.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Peter Billam (b. 1948), "Casida de la Rosa", from Tres Casidas del Diván del Tamarit, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacqueline Fontyn (b. 1930), "Una rosa", op. 67 no. 1 (1986), published 1987? [ vocal duet for soprano and contralto with clarinet, violin, harp, and piano ], from Rosa, rosae, no. 1, Limelette : Fontyn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roberto García Morillo (1911 - 2003), "De la rosa (Casida)", 1957 [ high voice and piano ], from Cinco canciones de la cantata "El Tamarit", no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Robert Bly (b. 1926) , "Casida of the Rose", copyright © ; composed by Michael Alec Rose.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 43
La rose/ ne cherchait pas l'aurore
Language: French (Français) after the Spanish (Español)
La rose
ne cherchait pas l'aurore :
presque éternelle sur sa branche,
elle cherchait autre chose.
La rose
ne cherchait ni science ni ombre :
à la frontière de la chair et du rêve
elle cherchait autre chose.
La rose
ne cherchait pas la rose.
Immobile dans le ciel
elle cherchait autre chose.
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Text Authorship:
- Translation from Spanish (Español) to French (Français) copyright © 2016 by Guy Laffaille, (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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This text was added to the website: 2016-01-09
Line count: 12
Word count: 51