by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Verte desnuda es recordar la tierra
Language: Spanish (Español)
Our translations: FRE
Verte desnuda es recordar la tierra. La tierra lisa, limpia de caballos. La tierra sin un junco, forma pura cerrada al porvenir: confín de plata. Verte desnuda es comprender el ansia de la lluvia que busca débil talle, o la fiebre del mar de inmenso rostro sin encontrar la luz de su mejilla. La sangre sonará por las alcobas y vendrá con espada fulgurante, pero tú no sabrás dónde se ocultan el corazón de sapo o la violeta. Tu vientre es una lucha de raíces, tus labios son un alba sin contorno, bajo las rosas tibias de la cama los muertos gimen esperando turno.
G. Crumb sets line 1
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Text Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Casida de la mujer tendida", appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Casidas, no. 4, 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 George Crumb (1929 - 2022), "Verte desnuda es recordar la tierra", published 1965, line 1 [ soprano, vibraphone, and contrabass ], from Madrigals, Book I, no. 1, New York, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2012-02-13
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Word count: 104