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.
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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 Leanna Kirchoff , "Meciendo", 2005 [ mixed chorus ]
Publisher: Leanna Kirchoff [external link] [sung text not yet checked] - by Ana Silfa Finke (b. 1949), "Meciendo", 1973 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Maria Giachetti)
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-05-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 54
The divine sea rocks its endless waves. Listening to the loving seas I rock my child. At night, the vagabond wind sways the wheat. Listening to the loving winds I rock my child. The Heavenly Father silently rocks thousands of worlds. Sensing His hand in the shadow, I rock my child.
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- 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 ]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-02-07
Line count: 9
Word count: 51