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Cohete de larga vara El bambú apenas sube se doblega En lluvia de menudas esmeraldas.
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- by José Juan Tablada (1871 - 1945), "El bambú", appears in Un día... (Poemas sintéticos), in La mañana, first published 1919 [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 Domingo Lobato Bañales (b. 1920), "Cohete", copyright © 1983 [ soprano and piano ], from Siete cantos breves : para soprano y piano, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Luis Sandi (1905 - 1996), "El bambú", 1933 [ medium voice and piano ], from Diez Haikais, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-09-03
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Word count: 15
The long-poled rocket Bamboo barely grows but is toppled in a rain of miniscule emeralds.
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Translations of title(s):
"Cohete" = "Rocket"
"El bambú" = "Bamboo"
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- Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2019 by Andrew Schneider, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in Spanish (Español) by José Juan Tablada (1871 - 1945), "El bambú", appears in Un día... (Poemas sintéticos), in La mañana, first published 1919
This text was added to the website: 2019-12-24
Line count: 3
Word count: 15