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by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral
Translation by Ovady Gertsovich Savich (1896 - 1967)

La manca
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Que mi dedito lo cogió una almeja,
y que la almeja se cayó en la arena,
y que la arena se la tragó el mar.
Y que del mar la pescó un ballenero
y el ballenero llegó a Gibraltar;
y que en Gibraltar cantan pescadores:
-"Novedad de tierra sacamos del mar,
novedad de un dedito de niña.
¿La que esté manca lo venga a buscar!"
Que me den un barco para ir a traerlo,
y para el barco me den capitán,
para el capitán que me den soldada,
y que por soldada pide la ciudad:
Marsella con torres y plazas y barcos
de todo el mundo la mejor ciudad,
que no será hermosa con una niñita
a la que robó su dedito el mar,
y los balleneros en pregones cantan
y están esperando sobre Gibraltar...

Text Authorship:

  • by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral, "La manca", appears in Ternura, in Jugarretas, first published 1924 [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):

    [ None yet in the database ]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Ovady Gertsovich Savich (1896 - 1967) , "Беспалая" ; composed by Edison Vasilyevich Denisov.
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Researcher for this page: Dmitri Smirnov

This text was added to the website: 2008-01-31
Line count: 19
Word count: 135

Ustrica pal'čik moj otkusila
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the Spanish (Español) 
Ustrica pal'čik moj otkusila,
tut že ustalost' eë podkosila,
i na pesok upala ona,
i podchvatila eë volna.
Vylovil v more eë kitoboj
i v Gibraltar privez s soboj.
I rybaki pojut v Gibraltare:
«V more dalekom, vdali ot zemli,
devočkin pal'čik v more našli,
kto poterjal, išči na bazare».
Dajte korabl' mne — pal'čik mne nužen:
na korable dolžen byt' kapitan;
u kapitana — obed i užin,
mnogo matrosov i baraban.
V gorod Marsel' pojdet barabanščik:
ploščadi, bašni i korabli.
Pesnju o pal'ce poët tam šarmanščik:
«Devočkin pal'čik v more našli.
Gore slučitsja, Marsel', s toboju,
esli ty ne vmešaeš'sja tut.
Pesnju o pal'ce pojut kitoboi,
a v Gibraltare vse ždut i ždut...»

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ovady Gertsovich Savich (1896 - 1967), "Беспалая" [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, "La manca", appears in Ternura, in Jugarretas, first published 1924
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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), "Песня о пальчике", published 1964 [ soprano, three narrators, and instrumental ensemble (11 instruments) ], from Солнце инков (Solnce inkov), no. 6, 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: 22
Word count: 114

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