Today the earth and heavens smile at me

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by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870)

Translation © by Jeffrey Tang

Hoy la tierra y los cielos me sonríen

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG ENG

  Hoy la tierra y los cielos me sonríen;
Hoy llega al fondo de mi alma el sol;
Hoy la he visto... la he visto y me ha mirado...
	¡Hoy creo en Dios!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Gustavo A. Bécquer, Obras de Gustavo A. Bécquer, tomo segundo, Rimas, Madrid: Imprenta de T. Fortanet, 1871, page 268.

Text Authorship:

by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 17, Madrid, Imprenta de T. Fortanet, first published 1871 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Hoy creo en Dios", 2001 [ tenor and piano ], from Las Canciones de Bécquer, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Frederic Mompou i Dencausse (1893 - 1987), "Hoy la tierra y los cielos me sonríen", from Becquerianas, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Luis Sammartino (1888 - 1973), "Rima XVII", 1911 [ medium voice and piano ], from Rimas de Bécquer, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Jeffrey Tang) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (George Pereli) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Today the earth and heavens smile at me

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

Today the earth and heavens smile at me;
Today the sun shines on the depths of my soul;
Today I saw it… I saw it and it looked at me…
Today I believe in God!

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Translations of titles
"Hoy la tierra y los cielos me sonríen" = "Today the earth and heavens smile at me"
"Hoy creo en Dios" = "Today I believe in God"

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 17, Madrid, Imprenta de T. Fortanet, first published 1871
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This text was added to the website: 2023-02-19
Line count: 4
Word count: 35