by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, né Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida (1836 - 1870)
Qué es poesía?, dices mientras clavas
Language: Spanish (Español)
Available translation(s): ENG
¿Qué es poesía?, dices mientras clavas en mi pupila tu pupila azul. ¡Qué es poesía!, ¿Y tú me lo preguntas? Poesía... eres tú.
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Authorship
- by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, né Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 21 [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 Roberto Sierra (b. 1953), "Qué es poesía?, dices mientras clavas", 1996?9 [medium voice and piano], from Rimas, no. 1, Subito Music Corporation [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ricardo (or Richard) Jordan (1857 - 1902) , no title, appears in Spanische Lieder von Gustavo Adolfo Becquer ins deutsche übertragen ENG ; composed by Hans Hermann.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Poom Pipatjarasgit) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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