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by Francisco Asís de Icaza y Breña (1863 - 1925)

La fuente
Language: Spanish (Español) 
La mejor de mi espíritu
De mis labios no brota.
Hay algo en mis palabras
De la corriente ignota,
Que viene de muy lejos
Y deja gota a gota
Filtrarse entre las piedras

Un hilo de cristal
Si te place el arrullo
Con que el agua borbota,
Piensa en el hondo abismo
Y en la cima remota,
De donde nace y fluye
El limpio manantial.

Text Authorship:

  • by Francisco Asís de Icaza y Breña (1863 - 1925), "La fuente", appears in Cancionero de la vida honda y de la emoción fugitiva, first published 1922 [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 Manuel M. Ponce (1883 - 1948), "La fuente", op. 37 no. 3 (1936), first performed 1937 [medium voice and piano], from Cuatros poemas de Francisco A. de Icaza (De la vida honda y de la emoción fugitiva), no. 3. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-08-29
Line count: 14
Word count: 65

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