© by Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973)
Translation © by Stephen Tapscott
Sonnet LXXXIX: from Noche (Night)
Language: English  after the Spanish (Español)
When I die, I want your hands on my eyes
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Text Authorship:
- by Stephen Tapscott , copyright ©
Based on:
- a text in Spanish (Español) by Pablo Neruda (1904 - 1973), no title, appears in Cien Sonetos de Amor, no. 89, first published 1959, copyright ©
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Judith Cloud (1954 - 2023), "Sonnet LXXXIX: from Noche (Night)" [ soprano or mezzo-soprano and piano ], from Four Sonnets by Pablo Neruda, Set 1, no. 4
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