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by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

La noche no quiere venir
Language: Spanish (Español) 
La noche no quiere venir 
para que tú no vengas, 
ni yo pueda ir. 

Pero yo iré, 
aunque un sol de alacranes me coma la sien. 

Pero tú vendrás 
con la lengua quemada por la lluvia de sal. 

El día no quiere venir 
para que tú no vengas, 
ni yo pueda ir. 

Pero yo iré 
entregando a los sapos mi mordido clavel. 

Pero tú vendrás 
por las turbias cloacas de la oscuridad. 

Ni la noche ni el día quieren venir 
para que por ti muera 
y tú mueras por mí. 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936), "Gacela del amor desesperado", appears in Divan del Tamarit, in Gacelas, no. 3 [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 Elisenda Fábregas (b. 1955), "El amor desesperado", 2009, first performed 2009 [ mezzo-soprano, flute and piano ], from Gacelas de amor, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Mario Giuseppe Genesi (b. 1963), "Gacela del amor desesperado", 2001 [ alto or mezzo-soprano and guitars ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2012-02-13
Line count: 17
Word count: 90

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