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Te vi un punto y flotando ante mis ojos la imagen de tus ojos se quedó, como la mancha oscura orlada en fuego que flota y ciega si se mira al sol. Adondequiera que la vista fijo torno a ver sus pupilas llamear; mas no te encuentro a tí, que es tu mirada, unos ojos, los tuyos, nada más. De mi alcoba en al angulo los miro desasidos fantásticos lucir: cuando duermo los siento que se ciernen de par en par abiertos sobre mí. Yo sé que hay fuegos fatuos que en la noche llevan al caminante a perecer: yo me siento arrastrado por tus ojos, pero adónde me arrastran no lo sé.
Authorship
- by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, né Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida (1836 - 1870), appears in Rimas, no. 14 [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 Joaquín Turina (1882 - 1949), "Rima", op. 26 no. 3 (1923), published 1923 [ soprano and piano ], from Tres arias, no. 3, Madrid : UME [sung text checked 2 times]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "Poem", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Rime", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this text: Barbara Miller , Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2004-04-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 113
Je t'ai vue comme un point et flottant devant mes yeux L'image de tes yeux demeure, Comme la tache obscure entourée de feu Qui flotte et aveugle si on regarde le soleil. Et où que je fixe mon regard Je vois encore tes pupilles brûler, Mais je ne peux te trouver, seulement ton regard, Des yeux, les tiens, rien de plus. De ma chambre dans l'angle, je les vois Étinceler, résolus et fantastiques : Quand je dors je les sens qui planent Grand ouverts au-dessus de moi. Je sais qu'il y a des feux follets qui dans la nuit Mènent le voyageur à sa perte : Je me sens entraîné par tes yeux, Mais où me mènent-ils, je ne le sais pas.
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- 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 Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, né Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida (1836 - 1870), appears in Rimas, no. 14
This text was added to the website: 2017-10-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 122