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by Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973)

Dios — de dónde sacaste para encender el...
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Dios — de dónde sacaste para encender el cielo
este maravilloso crepúsculo de cobre?
Por él supe llenarme de alegría, de nuevo,
y la mala mirada supe tornarla noble.

Entre las llamaradas amarillas y verdes
se alumbró el lampadario de un sol desconocido
que rajó las azules llanuras del Oeste
y volcó en las montañas sus fuentes y sus ríos.

Dame la maga fiesta. Dios, déjala en mi vida,
dame los fuegos tuyos para alumbrar la tierra,
deja en mi corazón tu lámpara encendida
y yo seré el aceite de su lumbre suprema.

Y me iré por los campos en la noche estrellada
con los brazos abiertos y la frente desnuda,
cantando aires ingenuos con las mismas palabras
que en la noche se dicen los campos y la luna.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973), "Dame la Maga Fiesta" [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 , "Dios -¿de dónde sacaste para encender el cielo?", 2013 [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Twilight Songs – Three songs for soprano (or mezzo soprano) and piano, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2023-05-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 129

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