by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Casida del Llanto
Language: Spanish (Español)
He cerrado mi balcón por que no quiero oír el llanto pero por detrás de los grises muros no se oye otra cosa que el llanto. Hay muy pocos ángeles que canten, hay muy pocos perros que ladren, mil violines caben en la palma de mi mano. Pero el llanto es un perro inmenso, el llanto es un ángel inmenso, el llanto es un violín inmenso, las lágrimas amordazan al viento, no se oye otra cosa que el llanto.
Text Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Casida del llanto", written 1936, appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Casidas, no. 2 [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 Peter Billam (b. 1948), "Casida del Llanto", from Tres Casidas del Diván del Tamarit, no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "Casida del llanto", copyright © 2017 [soprano and violin], from The Violin Sings in a Common Language, no. 3, confirmed with an online score [ sung text checked 1 time]
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