by Rosalia de Castro (1837 - 1885)
Amores cativos
Language: Galician
Era delor y era cólera, era medo y aversión, era un amor sin medida, ¡era un castigo de Dios! Qu' hay uns negros amores d' índole penzoñenta que privan os espritos, que turban as concencias, que morden, s'acariñan, que cando miran queiman, que dan dôres de rabia, que manchan e qu' afrentan. Máis val morrer de friaxen que quentarse â sua fogueira.
Authorship:
- by Rosalia de Castro (1837 - 1885), "Amores cativos" [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 Elsa Calcagno (1910 - 1978), "Amores cativos", 1963 [voice and piano], from Tres poemas galegos, no. 1. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-05-06
Line count: 10
Word count: 62