by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)
Translation © by Robert Bly (b. 1926)
La rosa/ no buscaba la aurora
Language: Spanish (Español)
Our translations: FRE
La rosa no buscaba la aurora: casi eterna en su ramo, buscaba otra cosa. La rosa, no buscaba ni ciencia ni sombra: confín de carne y sueño, buscaba otra cosa. La rosa, no buscaba la rosa. Inmóvil por el cielo buscaba otra cosa.
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Text Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Casida de la rosa", appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Casidas, no. 7, 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 la Rosa", from Tres Casidas del Diván del Tamarit, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jacqueline Fontyn (b. 1930), "Una rosa", op. 67 no. 1 (1986), published 1987? [ vocal duet for soprano and contralto with clarinet, violin, harp, and piano ], from Rosa, rosae, no. 1, Limelette : Fontyn [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roberto García Morillo (1911 - 2003), "De la rosa (Casida)", 1957 [ high voice and piano ], from Cinco canciones de la cantata "El Tamarit", no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Robert Bly (b. 1926) , "Casida of the Rose", copyright © ; composed by Michael Alec Rose.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-18
Line count: 12
Word count: 43
Casida of the Rose
Language: English after the Spanish (Español)
The rose [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Bly (b. 1926), "Casida of the Rose", copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Casida de la rosa", appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Casidas, no. 7, first published 1936
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Michael Alec Rose , "Casida of the Rose ", 1985 [high voice and piano], from Five Songs for High Voice and Piano, no. 2 [ sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2010-02-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 58