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by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870)

Volverán las oscuras golondrinas
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Volverán las oscuras golondrinas
en tu balcón sus nidos a colgar,
y otra vez con el ala a [sus]1 cristales
jugando llamarán.

Pero aquellas que el vuelo refrenaban
tu hermosura y mi dicha al contemplar;
aquellas que aprendieron nuestros nombres,
[ésas ..., ¡no volverán!]2

Volverán las tupidas madreselvas
de tu jardín las tapias a escalar,
y otra vez a la tarde, aún más hermosas,
sus flores se abrirán.

Pero aquellas cuajadas de rocío
cuyas gotas mirábamos temblar
y caer como lágrimas del día...
[ésas ..., ¡no volverán!]2

Volverán del amor [en]3 tus oídos
las palabras ardientes a sonar;
tu corazón, de su profundo sueño
tal vez despertará.

Pero mudo y absorto y de rodillas
como se adora a Dios ante su altar,
como yo te he querido ..., desengáñate,
¡así ... ¡no te querrán!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Álvarez 

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1 Álvarez: "tus"
2 Álvarez: "esas ay! no volverán."
3 Álvarez: "a"

Text Authorship:

  • by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 53 [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 Fermín María Álvarez (1833 - 1898), "¡No volverán!" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Frederic Mompou i Dencausse (1893 - 1987), "Volverán las oscuras golondrinas", 1971 [ voice and piano ], from Becquerianas, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Valdo Sciammarella (b. 1924), "Volverán las oscuras golondrinas", 1989 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cuatro canciones, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 137

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