by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral
Hallazgo
Language: Spanish (Español)
Me encontré este niño cuando al campo iba: dormido lo he hallado en unas espigas... O tal vez ha sido cruzando la viña: buscando los pámpanos topé su mejilla... Y por eso temo, al quedar dormida, se evapore como la helada en las viñas...
Text Authorship:
- by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral, "Hallazgo", appears in Desolación, in 2. Prosa, in 4. Canciones de Cuna, 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 Carlos Guastavino (1912 - 2000), "Hallazgo", 1961 [ voice and piano ], from Seis canciones de cuna, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-05-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 44