by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Havana Dreams
Language: English
The dream is a cocktail at Sloppy Joe's -- (Maybe -- nobody knows.) The dream is the road to Batabano. (But nobody knows if that is so.) Perhaps the dream is only her face -- Perhaps it's a fan of silver lace -- Or maybe the dream's a Vedado rose -- (Quien sabe? Who really knows?)
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Havana Dreams" [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 Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "Havana Dreams", op. 14 no. 4 [ soprano and piano ], from Heart on the Wall, no. 4, with a German translation by Erika Berghöfer-Engen [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 52