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by António Machado (1875 - 1939)

En El Entierro de Un Amigo
Language: Spanish (Español) 
   Tierra le dieron una tarde horrible
 del mes de julio, bajo el sol de fuego.

   A un paso de la abierta sepultura,
    había rosas de podridos pétalos,
  entre geranios de áspera fragancia
                y roja flor. El cielo
                puro y azul. Corría
              un aire fuerte y seco.

De los gruesos cordeles suspendido,
   pesadamente, descender hicieron
        el ataúd al fondo de la fosa
            los dos sepultureros...

 Y al reposar sonó con recio golpe,
          solemne, en el silencio.

Un golpe de ataúd en tierra es algo
              perfectamente serio.

   Sobre la negra caja se rompían
los pesados terrones polvorientos...

              El aire se llevaba
 de la honda fosa el blanquecino aliento.

  ?Y tú, sin sombra ya, duerme y reposa,
            larga paz a tus huesos...

                 Definitivamente,
duerme un sueño tranquilo y verdadero.

Text Authorship:

  • by António Machado (1875 - 1939), "En El Entierro de Un Amigo" [author's text not yet checked 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "En El Entierro de Un Amigo", 2008 [tenor and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-18
Line count: 24
Word count: 127

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