by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral
Translation © by Maria Giachetti (b. 1960)
Meciendo
Language: Spanish (Español)
El mar sus millares de olas mece, divino. Oyendo a los mares amantes, mezo a mi niño. El viento errabundo en la noche mece los trigos. Oyendo a los vientos amantes, mezo a mi niño. Dios padre sus miles de mundos mece sin ruido. Sintiendo su mano en la sombra mezo a mi niño.
Text Authorship:
- by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral, "Meciendo", appears in Desolación, in 2. Prosa, in 4. Canciones de Cuna, 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 Carlos Guastavino (1912 - 2000), "Meciendo", 1961 [ voice and piano ], from Seis canciones de cuna, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ana Silfa Finke (b. 1949), "Meciendo", 1973 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Leanna Kirchoff , "Meciendo", 2005 [ mixed chorus ], note: the Spanish and English texts are interwoven
Publisher: Leanna Kirchoff [external link]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Maria Giachetti (b. 1960) , "Rocking", copyright © ; composed by Leanna Kirchoff.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Maria Giachetti) , "Rocking", copyright ©
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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 54
Rocking
Language: English after the Spanish (Español)
The divine sea rocks its endless waves [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Maria Giachetti (b. 1960), "Rocking", copyright © [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, "Meciendo", appears in Desolación, in 2. Prosa, in 4. Canciones de Cuna, first published 1922
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 ]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Leanna Kirchoff , "Meciendo", 2005 [ mixed chorus ], note: the Spanish and English texts are interwoven
Publisher: Leanna Kirchoff [external link]
This text was added to the website: 2026-04-28
Line count: 9
Word count: 51