Pause de l'horloge | J'étais assis

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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Claro del reloj

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: FRE

Me senté
en un claro del tiempo.
Era un remanso
de silencio,
de un blanco silencio,
anillo formidable
donde los luceros
chocaban con los doce flotantes
números negros.

Text Authorship:

by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Claro del reloj", appears in Primeras canciones, first published 1922 [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 Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943), "Claro del reloj", first performed 1983 [ high voice, clarinet, violoncello, and piano ], from Cuatro Canciones sobre Poesias de Federico Garcia Lorca, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Stanley Read , "Pause of the Clock", copyright © ; composed by George Crumb.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pause de l'horloge", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-19
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Word count: 28

Pause de l'horloge

Language: French (Français) after the Spanish (Español)

J'étais assis
dans une clairière du temps.
C'était un recoin
de silence.
Un silence blanc,
un anneau formidable
où les étoiles
entraient en collision avec les douze
chiffres noirs qui flottaient.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Spanish (Español) to French (Français) copyright © 2022 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Claro del reloj", appears in Primeras canciones, first published 1922
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This text was added to the website: 2022-02-24
Line count: 9
Word count: 31