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Todas las tardes en Granada, todas las tardes se muere un niño. Todas las tardes el agua se sienta a conversar con sus amigos. Los muertos llevan alas de musgo. El viento nublado y el viento limpio son dos faisanes que vuelan por las torres y el día es un muchacho herido. No quedaba en el aire ni una brizna de alondra cuando yo te encontré por las grutas del vino No quedaba en la tierra ni una miga de nube cuando te ahogabas por el río. Un gigante de agua cayó sobre los montes y el valle fue rodando con perros y con lirios. Tu cuerpo, con la sombra violeta de mis manos, [era, muerto en la orilla, un]1 arcángel de frío.
G. Crumb sets lines 1-2 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
G. Crumb sets line 5 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
G. Crumb sets lines 15-16 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Crumb (in Madrigals, Book IV, no. 2) : "era un"
Text Authorship:
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Gacela del niño muerto", appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Gacelas, no. 5 [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 George Crumb (1929 - 2022), "Todas las tardes en Granada", 1970, lines 1-2 [ soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, electric piano, and percussion ], from Ancient Voices of Children, no. 4, New York, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
- by George Crumb (1929 - 2022), "Los muertos llevan alas de musgo", published 1965, line 5 [ soprano, vibraphone, and contrabass ], from Madrigals, Book I, no. 3, New York, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
- by George Crumb (1929 - 2022), "Tu cuerpo, con la sombra violeta de mis manos", published 1969, lines 15-16 [ soprano, flute (piccolo and alto flute), harp, contrabass, and percussion ], from Madrigals, Book IV, no. 2, New York, Peters [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2012-02-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 124
Every afternoon in Grenada, Every afternoon, a child dies. Every afternoon, the water sits down To talk with his friends. The dead wear wings of moss. The cloudy wind and the clear wind Are two pheasants that fly through the towers And the day is a wounded boy. Not a wisp of lark remained in the air When I found you by the wine grottoes Not a speck of cloud remained on the earth When you drowned at the river. An enormous rain fell upon the mountains And the valley tumbled with dogs and with lilies. Your body, with the violet shadow of my hands, Was, dead on the shoreline, an archangel of cold.
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Translations of title(s):
"Gacela del niño muerto" = "The death of a child"
"Los muertos llevan alas de musgo" = "The dead wear wings of moss"
"Todas las tardes en Granada" = "Every afternoon in Granada"
"Tu cuerpo, con la sombra violeta de mis manos" = "Your body, with the violet shadow of my hands"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2023 by Michael P Rosewall, (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), "Gacela del niño muerto", appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Gacelas, no. 5
This text was added to the website: 2023-01-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 114