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]
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