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by António Machado (1875 - 1939)
Translation © by Jocelyne Fleury

Anoche cuando dormía
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Our translations:  ENG
      Anoche cuando dormía
soñé, ¡bendita ilusión!,
que una fontana fluía
dentro de mi corazón.
Di, ¿por qué acequia escondida,
agua, vienes hasta mí,
manantial de nuestra vida
de donde nunca bebí?
 
      Anoche cuando dormía
soñé, ¡bendita ilusión!,
que una colmena tenía
dentro de mi corazón;
y las doradas abejas
iban fabricando en él,
con las amarguras viejas,
blanca cera y dulce miel.
 
      Anoche cuando dormía
soñé, ¡bendita ilusión!,
que un ardiente sol lucía
dentro de mi corazón.
Era ardiente porque daba
calores de rojo hogar,
y era sol porque alumbraba
y porque hacía llorar.
 
      Anoche cuando dormía
soñé, ¡bendita ilusión!,
que era Dios lo que tenía
dentro de mi corazón.

Text Authorship:

  • by António Machado (1875 - 1939), "Anoche cuando dormía" [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Anoche cuando dormía", 2008 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by John Plant , "Anoche cuando dormía", first performed 2009 [ voice and piano ], from Babel is a blessing, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "Last night as I slept", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (John Plant) , "Last night as I slept", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Jocelyne Fleury) , "Hier, alors que je dormais", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-18
Line count: 28
Word count: 111

Hier, alors que je dormais
Language: French (Français)  after the Spanish (Español) 
Hier, alors que je dormais 
je rêvais, O illusion bénie! 
qu'une fontaine coulait 
dans mon coeur.
Dis moi, par quel chemin caché 
es-tu venu à moi, eau douce, 
source de toute vie
où je n'ai jamais puisé une goutte?

Hier, alors que je dormais 
je rêvais, O illusion bénie! 
qu'une ruche
habitait mon coeur,
et que les abeilles dorées 
changeaient l'amertume du passé 
en cire ivoire et en miel sucré.

Hier, alors que je dormais
je rêvais, O illusion bénie! 
qu'un soleil ardent rayonnait 
au fond de mon coeur.

Il flambait parce qu'il dégageait 
la chaleur d'un foyer ardent,
et c'était bien le soleil, puisqu'il
était lumière
et parce qu'il faisait pleurer. 
Hier, alors que je dormais
je rêvais, O illusion bénie! 
que c'était Dieu que je tenais 
dans mon coeur.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jocelyne Fleury , "Hier, alors que je dormais", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Spanish (Español) by António Machado (1875 - 1939), "Anoche cuando dormía"
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

    [ None yet in the database ]


Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2023-03-04
Line count: 28
Word count: 131

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