¡Esta desilusión penetrante y amarga,
que empieza con la noche y empieza con el día!
¡este horror de vivir una vida tan larga,
siendo tan corta! - ¡y quieta y dorada y vacía!
¡Sentir el alma llena de flor y de simiente
y ver llegar el hielo negativo y eterno!
...¡y saber, sin embargo, que era capaz la frente
de deslumbrar la tierra... y el cielo y el infierno!
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Text Authorship:
- by Juan Ramón Jiménez Mantecón (1881 - 1958), from Elejias, first published 1908-10 [author's text not yet checked 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 Joelle Wallach (b. 1946), "¡Esta desilusión penetrante y amarga" [ vocal quartet or chorus a cappella ], from La musica, los muertos y las estrellas, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Joelle Wallach) , "This bitter, penetrating disillusionment", copyright ©, (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.
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