by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870)
Negros fantasmas
Language: Spanish (Español)
Negros fantasmas, nubes sombrías, huyen ante el destello de la luz divina. Esa luz santa, niña de negros ojos, es la esperanza. Al calor de sus rayos mi fe gigante contra desdenes lucha sin amenguarse. en este empeño es, si grande el martirio, mayor el premio. Y si aún muestras esquiva alma de nieve, si aún no me quisieras, yo no he de quererte: mi amor es roca donde se estrellan tímidas del mal las olas.
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Authorship:
- by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 89 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "La luz divina", 2001 [ tenor and piano ], from Las Canciones de Bécquer, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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