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by Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo (1870 - 1919), as Amado Nervo

En paz
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Muy cerca de mi ocaso, yo te bendigo, vida,
porque nunca me diste ni esperanza fallida,
ni trabajos injustos, ni pena inmerecida;

porque veo al final de mi rudo camino
que yo fui el arquitecto de mi propio destino;

que si extraje la miel o la hiel de las cosas,
fue porque en ellas puse hiel o mieles sabrosas:
cuando planté rosales, coseché siempre rosas.

Cierto, a mis lozanías va a seguir el invierno:
¡mas tú no me dijiste que mayo fuese eterno!

Hallé sin duda largas noches de mis penas;
mas no me prometiste tú sólo noches buenas;
y en cambio tuve algunas santamente serenas.

Amé, fui amado, el sol acarició mi faz.
¡Vida, nada me debes! ¡Vida, estamos en paz!

Text Authorship:

  • by Juan Crisóstomo Ruiz de Nervo (1870 - 1919), as Amado Nervo [author's text not yet checked 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 Ernesto Drangosch (1882 - 1925), "En paz", op. 26 no. 3 (1920) [ voice and piano ], from Cuatro melodías, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2019-04-18
Line count: 15
Word count: 122

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