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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Alba
Language: Spanish (Español) 
   Abril de 1915
   (Granada)

Mi corazón oprimido
siente junto a la alborada
el dolor de sus amores
y el sueño de las distancias.
La luz de la aurora lleva
semillero de nostalgias
y la tristeza sin ojos
de la médula del alma.
La gran tumba de la noche
su negro velo levanta
para ocultar con el día
la inmensa cumbre estrellada.

¡Qué haré yo sobre estos campos
cogiendo nidos y ramas,
rodeado de la aurora
y llena de noche el alma!
¡Qué haré si tienes tus ojos
muertos a las luces claras
y no ha de sentir mi carne
el calor de tus miradas!

¿Por qué te perdí por siempre
en aquella tarde clara?
Hoy mi pecho está reseco
como una estrella apagada.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Alba", appears in Libro de poemas, first published 1921 [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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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-08-08
Line count: 26
Word count: 124

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