by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
El grito
Language: Spanish (Español)
La elipse de un grito, va de monte a monte. Desde los olivos, será un arco iris negro sobre la noche azul. ¡Ay! Como un arco de viola, el grito ha hecho vibrar largas cuerdas del viento. ¡Ay! (Las gentes de las cuevas asoman sus velones.) ¡Ay!
Text Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "El grito", appears in Poema del Cante Jondo, in Poema de la siguiriya gitana , no. 3, first published 1921 [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 Mark Buller , "El grito", 2010 [ soprano and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Carmen Cavallaro (b. 1947), "El grito", published 2000 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Dos Poemas from Federico García Lorca's Poema de la Siguiriya Gitana, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928 - 2016), "El grito", published 2000 [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from Lorca Sarja (Lorca Suite), no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alex Taylor , "El Grito", first performed 2020 [ tenor, cello, percussion ], from Poema de La Siguiriya Gitana, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "The cry"
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le cri", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Schrei", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Hein Calis
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-13
Line count: 14
Word count: 47
The cry
Language: English after the Spanish (Español)
The ellipse of a cry sighs from hill to hill. Rising from the olive trees, it appears as a black rainbow upon the azure night. Ay! Like the bow of a viol, the cry causes the ling strings of the wind to vibrate. Ay! (The people of the caves hold out their oil lamps.) Ay!
From the Cavallaro score.
Researcher for this page: Hein Calis
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "The cry" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "El grito", appears in Poema del Cante Jondo, in Poema de la siguiriya gitana , no. 3, first published 1921
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: Hein Calis
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-13
Line count: 14
Word count: 55