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by António Machado (1875 - 1939)

Preludio
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Mientras la sombra pasa de un santo amor, hoy quiero
poner un dulce salmo sobre mi viejo atril.
Acordaré las notas del órgano severo
al suspirar fragante del pífano de abril.

Madurarán su aroma las pomas otoñales,
la mirra y el incienso salmodiarán su olor;
exhalarán su fresco perfume los rosales,
bajo la paz en sombra del tibio huerto en flor.

Al grave acorde lento de música y aroma,
la sola y vieja y noble razón de mi rezar
levantará su vuelo suave de paloma,
y la palabra blanca se elevará al altar.

Text Authorship:

  • by António Machado (1875 - 1939), "Preludio" [author's text not yet checked 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 Joaquín Rodrigo Vidre (1901 - 1999), "Preludio", published 1971, from Con Antonio Machado, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Robert Grady

This text was added to the website: 2004-08-01
Line count: 12
Word count: 93

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