Oh valentia funeral del segle, bandera que esparraca el forester! En terra jau, nafrat, el banderer; la mort li arriba que el seu mal li metja. Cau la ciutat. El fratricidi petja un vell destí mentre que el nou ja ve. La boira fuig pel foradat carrer com una glassa dolorosa i lletja. Sinistre sona, travessant les places, el martelleig d’unes feixugues passes. El vent se’n du la cendra de les lleis. Homes callats, coberts e sang i sutge, alcen l’esguard impenitent, que jutja: pobel vençut que sobreviu als reis.
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Authorship:
- by Josep Carner i Puigoriol (1884 - 1970), "1714" [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 Antoni Ros Marbà (b. 1937), "1714", published 2021 [ voice and piano ], from Tres cançons de Carner. Sobre poemes de Josep Carner per a veu i piano, no. 3, Barcelona, DINSIC Publicacions Musicals [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-11-16
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