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Me he perdido muchas veces por el mar con el oído llena de flores recién cortadas, con la lengua llena de amor y de agonía. Muchas veces me he perdido por el mar, como me pierdo en el corazón de algunos niños. No hay nadie que al dar un beso no sienta la sonrisa de la gente sin rostro, ni nadie que al tocar un recién nacido olvide las inmóviles calaveras de caballo. Porque las rosas buscan en la frente un duro paisaje de hueso y las manos del hombre no tienen más sentido que imitar a las raíces bajo tierra. Como me pierdo en el corazón de algunos niños, me he perdido muchas veces por el mar. Ignorante del agua, voy buscando una muerte de luz que me consuma.
G. Crumb sets stanza 1
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Authorship
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Gacela de la huida", appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Gacelas, no. 10 [author's text checked 1 time 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 George Crumb (b. 1929), "Me he perdido muchas veces por el mar", 1970, stanza 1 [soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, electric piano, and percussion], from Ancient Voices of Children, no. 2, New York : Peters [ sung text verified 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 130
Plusieurs fois je me suis perdu dans la mer, les yeux remplis de fleurs fraîchement coupées, la langue remplie d'amour et d'angoisse, plusieurs fois je me suis perdu dans la mer, comme je suis perdu dans le cœur de certains enfants. Personne qui donne un baiser ne ressent le sourire des gens sans visage, Personne qui touche un nouveau-né n'oublie les crânes immobiles des chevaux. Parce que les roses recherchent sur le front un dur paysage d'os et les mains de l'homme n'ont d'autre sens qu'imiter les racines sous la terre. Comme je suis perdu dans le cœur des enfants, plusieurs fois je me suis perdu dans la mer. Ignorant de l'eau, je vais en cherchant une mort de lumière qui me consume.
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Translated titles:
"Gacela de la huida" = "Ghazal de la fuite"
"Me he perdido muchas veces por el mar" = "Plusieurs fois je me suis perdu dans la mer"
Authorship
- Translation from Spanish (Español) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 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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- a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Gacela de la huida", appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Gacelas, no. 10
This text was added to the website: 2017-05-07
Line count: 17
Word count: 123