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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Nana, niño, nana del caballo grande que...
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  FRE
Nana, niño, nana 
del caballo grande 
que no quiso el agua. 
Duérmete, rosal, 
que el caballo se pone allorar. 
Las patas heridas, 
las crines heladas, 
dentro de los ojos 
un puñal de plata.

Act I Scene 2

Text Authorship:

  • by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), appears in Bodas de sangre [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 George Crumb (1929 - 2022), "Nana, niño, nana del caballo grande que no quiso el agua", published 1969 [ soprano, harp, and percussion ], from Madrigals, Book III, no. 3, New York, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Une chanson, enfant, une chanson sur le grand cheval qui ne voulait pas d'eau", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-13
Line count: 9
Word count: 33

Une chanson, enfant, une chanson sur le grand cheval qui ne voulait pas d'eau
Language: French (Français)  after the Spanish (Español) 
Une chanson, enfant, une chanson
sur le grand cheval
qui ne voulait pas d'eau.
Dors, ma rose,
le cheval se met à pleurer,
ses pattes sont blessées,
sa crinière est gelée,
dans les yeux
il y a un poignard d'argent.

Text 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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Based on:

  • a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), appears in Bodas de sangre
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2017-05-12
Line count: 9
Word count: 40

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