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by Ramón López Velarde (1888 - 1921)

Amiga que te vas
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Amiga que te vas:
quizá no te vea más.

Ante la luz de tu alma y de tu tez
fui tan maravillosamente casto
cual si me embalsamara la vejez.

Y no tuve otro arte
que el de quererte para aconsejarte.

Si soltera agonizas,
irán a visitarte mis cenizas.

Porque ha de llegar un ventarrón
color de tinta, abriendo tu balcón.
Déjalo que trastorne tus papeles,
tus novenas, tus ropas, y que apague
la santidad de tus lámparas fieles...

No vayas, encogido el corazón,
a cerrar tus vidrieras
a la tinta que riega el ventarrón.

Es que voy en la racha
a filtrarme en tu paz, buena muchacha. 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ramón López Velarde (1888 - 1921), "Si soltera agonizas...", written 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):

  • by Silvestre Revueltas (1899 - 1940), "Amiga que te vas", 1936-7 [low voice and piano], from Dos canciones, no. 1. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-08-31
Line count: 19
Word count: 107

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