by Maria Sabina
Translation © by Artur Lundkvist (1906 - 1991)
Jag börjar i vattnets djup, sägs det
Language: Swedish (Svenska) after the Spanish (Español)
Jag börjar i vattnets djup, sägs det [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Text Authorship:
- by Artur Lundkvist (1906 - 1991), copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Maria Sabina , Mexican shaman poetess [text unavailable]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Karin Rehnqvist (b. 1957), "Jag börjar i vattnets djup, sägs det", 1989, from Puksånger - lockrup, no. 1, for two female voices and timpani [sung text checked 1 time]
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