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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
- by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "De profundis", appears in Poema del Cante Jondo, in Gráfico de la Petenera , first published 1921 [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 Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), "De profundis", op. 135 no. 1, from Symphony no. 14, no. 1, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Enrique Beck (1904 - 1974) , copyright © ; composed by Hermann Reutter.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Yury Nikolaevich (Nasonovich) Tynyanov (1894 - 1943) , "De profundis" ; composed by Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich.
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- 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
Research team for this text: John Versmoren , Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Les cent amoureux dorment pour toujours sous la terre sèche. L'Andalousie a des longs chemins rouges. Cordou, des oliviers verts Où placer cent croix, en leur mémoire. Les cent amoureux dorment pour toujours.
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- Translation from Spanish (Español) to French (Français) copyright © 2011 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "De profundis", appears in Poema del Cante Jondo, in Gráfico de la Petenera , first published 1921
This text was added to the website: 2011-05-24
Line count: 10
Word count: 33