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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Adivinanza de la Guitarra
Language: Spanish (Español) 
En la redonda
encrucijada,
seis doncellas
bailan.
Tres de carne
y tres de plata.
Los sueños de ayer las buscan
pero las tiene abrazadas
un Polifemo de oro.
¡La guitarra!

Text Authorship:

  • by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Adivinanza de la Guitarra", appears in Poema del Cante Jondo, in Seis caprichos, no. 1, first published 1921 [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 Ramiro Cortés (1933 - 1984), "Adivinanza de la Guitarra", from Three Spanish Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Pierre Darmangeat (1909 - 2004) , copyright © ; composed by Serge Garant.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-07-11
Line count: 10
Word count: 30

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