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by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870)

Hoy como ayer, mañana como hoy
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Hoy como ayer, mañana como hoy
¡y siempre igual!
Un cielo gris, un horizonte eterno
y andar..., andar.

Moviéndose a compás como una estúpida
máquina, el corazón;
la torpe inteligencia del cerebro
dormida en un rincón.

El alma, que ambiciona un paraíso,
buscándole sin fe;
fatiga sin objeto, ola que rueda
ignorando por qué.

Voz que incesante con el mismo tono
canta el mismo cantar;
gota de agua monótona que cae,
y cae sin cesar.

Así van deslizándose los días
unos de otros en pos,
hoy lo mismo que ayer..., y todos ellos
sin goce ni dolor.

¡Ay!, ¡a veces me acuerdo suspirando
del antiguo sufrir...
Amargo es el dolor; ¡pero siquiera
padecer es vivir!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 56 [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 Valdo Sciammarella (b. 1924), "Hoy como ayer, mañana como hoy", 1989 [ medium voice and piano ], from Cuatro canciones, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-05-20
Line count: 24
Word count: 115

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