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Besa el aura que gime blandamente las leves ondas que jugando riza; el sol besa a la nube en occidente y de púrpura y oro la matiza; la llama en derredor del tronco ardiente por besar a otra llama se desliza; y hasta el sauce, inclinándose a su peso, al río que le besa vuelve un beso.
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- by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, né Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 9 [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 Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909), "IX - Besa el aura que gime blandamente", op. 7 no. 1 (1886) [ voice and piano ], from Rimes de Béquer, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joaquín Turina (1882 - 1949), "Besa el aura", op. 81 no. 3 (1933), published 1935 [ soprano and piano ], from Tres poemas, no. 3, Madrid: UME [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Claycomb) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Jean-Pierre Granger
This text was added to the website: 2009-07-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 57
Es küssen die leise aufseufzenden Lüfte die leichten Wellen, dass sie spielend sich kräuseln; und die Abendsonn’ küsst die Wolke im Westen, bemalt sie in purpurnen, goldenen Tönen. Die feurigen Strahlen umzingeln die Stämme wie Flammen, die suchen, die andern zu küssen; die Weide, gebeugt unter eigener Schwere, küsst gar den Fluss, der diesen erwidert.
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Translation of title "Besa el aura" = "Es küssen die Lüfte"Authorship
- Translation from Spanish (Español) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2020 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in Spanish (Español) by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, né Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 9
This text was added to the website: 2020-05-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 55