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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Por las ramas del laurel
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Por las ramas del laurel
van dos palomas oscuras.
La una era el sol,
la otra la luna.
"Vecinitas", les dije,
"¿dónde está mi sepultura?"
"En mi cola", dijo el sol.
"En mi garganta", dijo la luna.
Y yo que estaba caminando
con la tierra por la cintura
vi dos águilas de nieve
y una muchacha desnuda.
La una era la otra
y la muchacha era ninguna.
"Aguilitas", les dije,
"¿dónde está mi sepultura?"
"En mi cola", dijo el sol.
"En mi garganta", dijo la luna.
Por las ramas del laurel
vi dos palomas desnudas.
La una era la otra
y las dos eran ninguna.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Casida de las palomas oscuras", appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Casidas, no. 9, first published 1936 [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 de las Palomas Oscuras", from Tres Casidas del Diván del Tamarit, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Juan José Castro (1895 - 1968), "Por las ramas del laures", 1949 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-18
Line count: 22
Word count: 105

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