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by Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973)

Aquí estoy con mi pobre cuerpo frente al...
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Aquí estoy con mi pobre cuerpo frente al crepúsculo
que entinta de oros rojos el cielo de la tarde:
mientras entre la niebla los árboles oscuros
se libertan y salen a danzar por las calles.

Yo no sé por qué estoy aquí, ni cuándo vine
ni por qué la luz roja del sol lo llena todo:
me basta con sentir frente a mi cuerpo triste
la inmensidad de un cielo de luz teñido de oro,

la inmensa rojedad de un sol que ya no existe,
el inmenso cadáver de una tierra ya muerta,
y frente a las astrales luminarias que tiñen el cielo,
la inmensidad de mi alma bajo la tarde inmensa.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973), no title, written 1923 [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 David Knaggs , "Aquí estoy con mi pobre cuerpo", 2013 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Twilight Songs – Three songs for soprano (or mezzo soprano) and piano, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-05-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 112

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