Si tú me miras, yo me vuelvo hermosa como la hierba a que bajó el rocío, y desconocerán mi faz gloriosa las altas cañas cuando baje al río. Tengo vergüenza de mi boca triste, de mi voz rota y mis rodillas rudas. Ahora que me miraste y que viniste, me encontré pobre y me palpé desnuda. Ninguna piedra en el camino hallaste más desnuda de luz en la alborada que esta mujer a la que levantaste, porque oíste su canto, la mirada. Yo callaré para que no conozcan mi dicha los que pasan por el llano, en el fulgor que da a mi frente tosca y en la tremolación que hay en mi mano... Es noche y baja a la hierba el rocío; mírame largo y habla con ternura, ¡que ya mañana al descender al río la que besaste llevará hermosura!
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Text Authorship:
- by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral [author's text not yet checked 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 José Enrique González Medina (b. 1954), "Vergüenza", op. 14 no. 1 (1998) [ soprano and guitar ], from Los versos de la maestra, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Albert Theile , "Scham", copyright status unknown and by Gisela Pape , "Scham", copyright status unknown ; composed by Sylke Zimpel.
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