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

Cima
Language: Spanish (Español) 
La hora de la tarde, la que pone
su sangre en las montañas.
 
Alguien en esta hora está sufriendo;
una pierde, angustiada,
en este atardecer el solo pecho
contra el cual estrechaba.
 
Hay algún corazón en donde moja
la tarde aquella cima ensangrentada.**
 
El valle ya está en sombra
y se llena de calma.
Pero mira de lo hondo que se enciende
de rojez la montaña.
 
Yo me pongo a cantar siempre a esta hora
mi invariable canción atribulada.
 
¡Será yo la que baño
la cumbre de escarlata?
 
Llevo a mi corazón la mano, y siento
que mi costado mana.

Text Authorship:

  • by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral, "Cima", appears in Desolación, in 1. Poesia, in 4. Naturaleza, 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):

  • by Alfonso Leng (1884 - 1974), "Cima", 1922 [ low voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Ovady Gertsovich Savich (1896 - 1967) [an adaptation] ; composed by Edison Vasilyevich Denisov.
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-31
Line count: 18
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