De profundis
Language: Spanish (Español)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE GER
Los cien enamorados
duermen para siempre
bajo la tierra seca.
Andalucía tiene
largos caminos rojos.
Córdoba, olivos verdes
donde poner cien cruces,
que los recuerden.
Los cien enamorados
duermen para siempre.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Enrique Beck (1904 - 1974) , copyright © ; composed by Hermann Reutter.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Yury Nikolaevich (Nasonovich) Tynyanov (1894 - 1943) , "De profundis" ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Salvador Pila) , "De Profundis", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "De profundis", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "De profundis - Aus der Tiefe", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 31
De Profundis
Language: English  after the Spanish (Español)
The hundred lovers
sleep for ever
beneath the dry earth.
Andalusia has
long red roads.
Córdoba, green olive trees
where to place a hundred crosses,
in their memory.
The hundred lovers
sleep for ever.
Authorship:
- Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2011 by Salvador Pila, (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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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-22
Line count: 10
Word count: 34