Mirando la alameda de otoño lacerada, la alameda profunda de vejez amarilla, como cuando camino por la hierba segada busco el rostro de Dios y palpo su mejilla. Y en esta tarde lenta como una hebra de llanto por la alameda de oro y de rojez yo siento un Dios de otoño, un Dios sin ardor y sin canto ¿y lo conozco triste, lleno de desaliento! Y pienso que tal vez Aquel tremendo y fuerte Señor, al que cantara de locura embriagada, no existe, y que mi Padre que las mañanas vierte tiene la mano laxa, la mejilla cansada. Se oye en su corazón un rumor de alameda de otoño: el desgajarse de la suma tristeza. Su mirada hacia mí como lágrima rueda y esa mirada mustia me inclina la cabeza. Y ensayo otra plegaria para este Dios doliente, plegaria que del polvo del mundo no ha subido: "Padre, nada te pido, pues te miro a la frente y eres inmenso, ¿inmenso!, pero te hallas herido".
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Authorship:
- by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral, "El Dios triste", appears in Desolación, in Vida, first published 1922 [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):
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Ovady Gertsovich Savich (1896 - 1967) ; composed by Edison Vasilyevich Denisov.
Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-31
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Word count: 166
Gljažu na alleju, osen' eë ogolila; Alleja ot starosti stala žëltoj, glubokoj. JA s tem že čuvstvom po skošennym travam chožu: Išču lik Boga, choču pogladit' ego ščëku. I v ėtot večer medlitel'nyj, slovno prjaden'e Iz slëz, v zolotoj i krasnoj allee JA nyne vižu osennego Boga, bez žara, bez pen'ja V pečali, toske i unyn'e. [ ... ]1 I v serdce ego tol'ko šum osennej allei, Šum listopada, kak stony velikoj pečali; Vzgljad ego, kak sleza, nado mnoj golubeet Pod ėtim vzgljadom pustym moi ruki upali. Išču molitvu dlja ėtogoboga bol'nogo, Iz pracha zemnogo ne voznosilas' takaja: «Tebja ni o čëm ne prošu, so mnoj tvoë slovo, O da, ty velik, no duša u tebja bol'naja».
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Authorship:
- by Ovady Gertsovich Savich (1896 - 1967) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral, "El Dios triste", appears in Desolación, in Vida, first published 1922
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Edison Vasilyevich Denisov (1929 - 1996), "Печалный бог", published 1964 [ soprano, three narrators, and instrumental ensemble (11 instruments) ], from Солнце инков (Solnce inkov), no. 2, London, Universal Edition [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-31
Line count: 19
Word count: 117