by António Machado (1875 - 1939)
Mi bufón
Language: Spanish (Español)
El demonio de mis sueños ríe con sus labios rojos, sus negros y vivos ojos, sus dientes finos, pequeños. Y jovial y picaresco se lanza a un baile grotesco, luciendo el cuerpo deforme y su enorme joroba. Es feo y barbudo, y chiquitín y panzudo. Yo no sé por qué razón, de mi tragedia, bufón, te ríes... Mas tú eres vivo por tu danzar sin motivo.
Text Authorship:
- by António Machado (1875 - 1939), "Mi bufón" [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 Hugh Aitken (b. 1924), "Mi bufón", 1980 [soprano, flute, oboe, cello, and contrabass], from the cantata Cantata IV, no. 2, New York, Oxford University Press [text not verified]
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This text was added to the website: 2012-02-08
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Word count: 66