by António Machado (1875 - 1939)
Pegasos, lindos pegasos
Language: Spanish (Español)
Tournez, tournez, chevaux de bois.
--Verlaine
Pegasos, lindos pegasos,
caballitos de madera.
...................................
Yo conocí, siendo niño,
la alegría de dar vueltas
sobre un corcel colorado,
en una noche de fiesta.
En el aire polvoriento
chispeaban las candelas,
y la noche azul ardía
toda sembrada de estrellas.
¡Alegrías infantiles
que cuestan una moneda
de cobre, lindos pegasos,
caballitos de madera!
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Text Authorship:
- by António Machado (1875 - 1939), "Pegasos, lindos pegasos" [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 Hugh Aitken (b. 1924), "Pegasos", 1980 [soprano, flute, oboe, cello, and contrabass], from the cantata Cantata IV, no. 4, New York, Oxford University Press [text not verified]
- by Carlos Pedrell (1878 - 1941), "Caballitos", 1919 [medium-high voice and piano], from De Castilla, no. 6. [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2012-02-08
Line count: 17
Word count: 54