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by Francisco X. Alarcon (1954 - 2016)

Antigua Canción
Language: German (Deutsch) 
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todos llevamos
en el pecho
una canci?n

tan antigua
que no sabemos
si la aprendimos

cualquier noche
entre el rumor
de besos ca?dos

nuestros labios
nos sorprenden
al entonar

esta canci?n
que es canto y
llanto a la vez

Translation
Old Song
each of us carries
in our chest
a song

so old
we don't know
if we learned it

some night
between the murmurs
of fallen kisses

our lips
surprise us
when we voice

this song
that is singing
and crying at once

Text Authorship:

  • by Francisco X. Alarcon (1954 - 2016) [author's text not yet checked 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 Kirstina Rasmussen Colllins , "Antigua Canción", copyright © 2018 [ sa chorus and piano ], Santa Barbara Music Publishing
        Publisher: Santa Barbara Music Publishing [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-08-28
Line count: 32
Word count: 84

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