Los astros son rondas de niños, jugando la tierra a espiar... Los trigos son talles de niñas jugando a ondular..., a ondular... Los ríos son rondas de niños jugando a encontrarse en el mar... Las olas son rondas de niñas, jugando la Tierra a abrazar...
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Text Authorship:
- by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral, "Todo es ronda", popular Chilean poetry [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 Alfonso Montecino (b. 1924), "Todo es ronda", 1945 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-08-07
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