by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Leñador
Language: Spanish (Español)
Leñador. Córtame la sombra. Líbrame del suplicio de verme sin toronjas. ¿Por qué nací entre espejos? El día me da vueltas. Y la noche me copia en todas sus estrellas. Quiero vivir sin verme. Y hormigas y vilanos, soñaré que son mis hojas y mis pájaros. Leñador. Córtame la sombra. Líbrame del suplicio de verme sin toronjas.
G. Crumb sets stanza 2
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Text Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Canción del naranjo seco", appears in Canciones, in Canciones para terminar, first published 1921-4 [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 Bruce Christian Bennett (b. 1968), "Canción del naranjo seco", 1988 [ soprano, clarinet, guitar, harpsichord, five-string viola (or violin or viola), violoncello ], from Five Spanish Songs, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Crumb (1929 - 2022), "Por qué nací entre espejos?", published 1969, stanza 2 [ soprano, flute (piccolo and alto flute), harp, contrabass, and percussion ], from Madrigals, Book IV, no. 1, New York, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in English, a translation by William Stanley Merwin (b. 1927) , copyright © ; composed by Alvin Brehm.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Félix Gattegno (flourished c1941-1946) ; composed by Francis Poulenc.
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This text was added to the website: 2008-07-13
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Word count: 57