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by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral

Árbol muerto
Language: Spanish (Español) 
En el medio del llano,
un árbol seco su blasfemia alarga;
un árbol blanco, roto
y mordido de llagas,
en el que el viento, vuelto
mi desesperación, aúlla y pasa.

De su bosque, el que ardió, sólo dejaron
de escarnio, su fantasma.
Una llama alcanzó hasta su costado
y lo lamió, como el amor mi alma.
¡Y sube de la herida un purpurino
musgo, como una estrofa ensangrentada!

Los que amó, y que ceñían
a su torno en septiembre una guirnalda,
cayeron. Sus raíces
los buscan, torturadas,
tanteando por el césped
con una angustia humana...

Le dan los plenilunios en el llano
sus más mortales platas,
y alargan, por que mida su amargura,
hasta lejos su sombra desolada.
¡Y él le da al pasajero
su atroz blasfemia y su visión amarga!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral, "Árbol Muerto", appears in Desolación, in Naturaleza. Paisajes de la Patagonia, 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):

  • by Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson (1899 - 1987), "Árbol muerto", op. 9 no. 1 (1927) [ medium voice and piano ], from Cuatro poemas, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-08-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 131

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