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by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral
Translation © by Albert Theile (1904 - 1986) and by Gisela Pape

Sabiduría
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Ahora sé para qué he recibido veinte veranos la luz sobre mí 
y me ha sido dado cortar las flores por los campos. 
¿Por qué, me decía en los días más bellos, 
este don maravilloso del sol cálido y de la yerba fresca?

Como al racimo azulado, 
me traspasó la luz para la dulzura que entregaría. 
Este que en el fondo de mí está haciéndose gota a gota de mis venas, 
éste era mi vino.

Para éste yo recé, por traspasar del nombre de Dios mi barro, 
con el que se haría. Y cuando leí un verso con pulsos trémulos, 
para él me quemó como una brasa la belleza, 
por que recoja de mi carne su ardor inextinguible.

Confirmed with Gabriela Mistral, Desolación: Poemas, New York : Instituto de las Españas de los Estados Unidos, 1922, p.178


Text Authorship:

  • by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral, "Sabiduría", appears in Desolación, in 2. Prosa, in 3. Poemas de las madres, no. 3, 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):

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Albert Theile , "Weisheit", copyright © and by Gisela Pape , "Weisheit", copyright © ; composed by Sylke Zimpel.
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This text was added to the website: 2026-01-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 118

Weisheit
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Spanish (Español) 
Nun weiß ich, wozu ich zwanzig Sommer das Licht
 [ ... ]

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Text Authorship:

  • by Albert Theile (1904 - 1986), "Weisheit", copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
  • by Gisela Pape , "Weisheit", copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Spanish (Español) by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral, "Sabiduría", appears in Desolación, in 2. Prosa, in 3. Poemas de las madres, no. 3, first published 1922
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Sylke Zimpel (b. 1959), "Weisheit", copyright © 1999 [ women's chorus ], from Gedichte der Mütter, no. 5, Frankfurt am Main : Edition Ferrimontana
        Publisher: Musikal Spezial [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

This text was added to the website: 2026-01-03
Line count: 7
Word count: 59

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