Berceuse | Dors, mon œillet

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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Duérmete clavel

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: FRE

Duérmete clavel,
Que el caballo se pone a llorar.
Duérmete rosal,
Que el caballo se pone a llorar.
Duérmete clavel,
Que el caballo no quiere beber.
Duérmete rosal,
Que el caballo se pone a llorar.
Duérmete clavel, 
Que el caballo se pone a beber.
Duérmete rosal,
Que el caballo se pone a llorar.
Duérmete clavel,
Duérmete rosal.

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Text Authorship:

by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), no title, appears in Bodas de sangre, Act I, many various places; lines out of order [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 Silvestre Revueltas (1899 - 1940), "Canción de cuna", ISR 2 no. 5, R 69 no. 5 (1939), published 1945, copyright © 1945, orchestrated 1969 [ voice and piano or chamber ensemble ], from Cinco canciones para niños y dos canciones profanas, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Berceuse", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-08-07
Line count: 14
Word count: 57

Berceuse

Language: French (Français) after the Spanish (Español)

Dors, mon œillet,
Le cheval se met à pleurer.
Dors, ma rose,
Le cheval se met à pleurer.
Dors, mon œillet,
Le cheval ne veut pas boire.
Dors, ma rose,
Le cheval se met à pleurer.
Dors, mon œillet,
Le cheval ne veut pas boire.
Dors, ma rose,
Le cheval se met à pleurer.
Dors, mon œillet,
Dors, ma rose.

Text Authorship:

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a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), no title, appears in Bodas de sangre, Act I, many various places; lines out of order
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 60