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by Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas (1580 - 1645)

Cerrar podrá mis ojos la postrera
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Cerrar podrá mis ojos la postrera
sombra que me llevare el blanco día,
y podrá desatar esta alma mía
hora a su afán ansioso lisonjera;

mas no, de esa otra parte, en la ribera,
dejará la memoria, en donde ardía:
nadar sabe mi llama el agua fría,
y perder el respeto a ley severa.

Alma a quien todo un dios prisión ha sido,
venas que humor a tanto fuego han dado,
medulas que han gloriosamente ardido,

su cuerpo dejará, no su cuidado;
serán ceniza, mas tendrá sentido;
polvo serán, mas polvo enamorado.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas (1580 - 1645), "Amor constante más allá de la muerte", appears in El Parnaso español, no. 227, first published 1648 [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 Pompeyo Camps (1924 - 1999), "Cerrar podrá mis ojos", op. 97 no. 4 [voice and piano], from Cuatro sonetos de amor, no. 4. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-05-06
Line count: 14
Word count: 92

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