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by Rafael Obligado (1851 - 1920)

La muerte del payador
Language: Spanish (Español) 
—«Adiós, luz del alma mía,
Adiós, flor de mis llanura?
Manantial de las dulzuras
Que mi espíritu bebía:
Adiós, mi tínica alegría,
Dulce afán de mi existir;
Santos Vega se va a hundir
En lo inmenso de esos llanos...
¡Lo han vencido! ¡Llegó hermanos,
El momento de morir!»

...

Ni aun cenizas en el suelo
De Santos Vega quedaron,
Y los años dispersaron
Los testigos de aquel duelo;
Pero un viejo y noble abuelo,
Así el cuento terminó:
—«Y si cantando murió
Aquel que vivió cantando,
Fue, decía suspirando,
Porque el diablo lo venció».

Text Authorship:

  • by Rafael Obligado (1851 - 1920) [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 Elsa Olivieri Sangiacomo Respighi (1894 - 1996), "La muerte del payador" [ voice and piano ], from 3 Canzoni su testi spagnoli, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2024-06-25
Line count: 21
Word count: 93

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