Heron | Heron, in the shadow

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by José Juan Tablada (1871 - 1945)

Translation © by Faizaan Pettitt

Garza

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

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Garza, en la sombra
Es mármol tu plumón,
Móvil nieve en el viento
y nácar en el sol...

Text Authorship:

by José Juan Tablada (1871 - 1945), "Garza", appears in Bestiario [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 Domingo Lobato Bañales (1920 - 2012), "Garza", copyright © 1983 [ soprano and piano ], from Siete cantos breves : para soprano y piano, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Faizaan Pettitt) , "Heron", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-09-03
Line count: 4
Word count: 18

Heron

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

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Heron, in the shadow
Your down looks like marble,
Blowing snow in the wind
and mother of pearl in the sun…

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a text in Spanish (Español) by José Juan Tablada (1871 - 1945), "Garza", appears in Bestiario
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-06
Line count: 4
Word count: 21