The sunrise is a shadow | The sunrise is a shadow

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by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870)

Translation © by Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit

Es el alba una sombra

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG

Es el alba una sombra
de tu sonrisa,
y un rayo de tus ojos
la luz del día;
pero tu alma
es la noche de invierno,
negra y helada.

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Text Authorship:

by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 87 [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 Lucio Bruno-Videla (b. 1968), "Es el alba una sombra" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

ENG English (Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit) , "The sunrise is a shadow", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-05
Line count: 7
Word count: 30

The sunrise is a shadow

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

The sunrise is a shadow
of your smile,
and a spark from your eyes
the light of day;
but your soul
is the night of winter,
black and cold.

Text Authorship:

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a text in Spanish (Español) by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 87
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-29
Line count: 7
Word count: 29