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by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral

Sensitivita
Language: Spanish (Español) 
      Ya no juego en las praderas y temo columpiarme con las mozas. 
Soy como la rama con fruto.

       Estoy débil, tan débil que el olor de las rosas me hizo desvanecer 
esta siesta,  cuando bajé al jardín, 
y un simple canto que viene en el viento o la gota de sangre 
que tiene la tarde en su último latido sobre el cielo, me turban, 
me anegan de dolor.  De la sola mirada de mi dueño, 
si fuera dura para mí esta noche, podría morir.

Confirmed with Gabriela Mistral, Desolación: Poemas, New York : Instituto de las Españas de los Estados Unidos, 1922, p.180


Text Authorship:

  • by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral, "Sensitivita", appears in Desolación, in Poemas de las madres, first published 1922 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Albert Theile ; composed by Sylke Zimpel.
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