The gentle breeze that moans gently kisses

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by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870)

Translation © by Laura Claycomb

Besa el aura que gime blandamente

Language: Spanish (Español)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER

  Besa el aura que gime blandamente
Las leves ondas que jugando riza;
El sol besa a la nube en Occidente,
Y de púrpura y oro la matiza;
La llama en derredor del tronco ardiente
Por besar a otra llama se desliza,
Y hasta el sauce, inclinándose a su peso, 
Al río que le besa, vuelve un beso.

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Obras de Gustavo A. Bécquer, tomo segundo, Rimas, Madrid: Imprenta de T. Fortanet, 1871, page 259.

Notes
The word "á" (in lines 3, 6, and 7) has been changed to "a" in accordance with modern spelling. "río" is misspelled as "rio" in the first publication.

Text Authorship:

by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 9, Madrid, Imprenta de T. Fortanet, first published 1871 [author's text checked 2 times 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 Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909), "IX - Besa el aura que gime blandamente", op. 7 no. 1 (1886) [ voice and piano ], from Rimas de Bécquer, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Joaquín Turina (1882 - 1949), "Besa el aura", op. 81 no. 3 (1933), published 1935 [ soprano and piano ], from Tres poemas, no. 3, Madrid: UME [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Laura Claycomb) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Jean-Pierre Granger , Poom Andrew Pipatjarasgit [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 58

The gentle breeze that moans gently...

Language: English after the Spanish (Español)

The gentle breeze that moans gently kisses
the light waves that ripple playing;
the sun kisses the cloud in the west
and tinges it in purple and gold;
the flame around the burning trunk,
in order to kiss another flame,
glides until the willow, bending under its weight 
to the river that kisses it, returning a kiss.

About the headline (FAQ)

Translation of title "Besa el aura" = "The gentle breeze"

Text Authorship:

Translation from Spanish (Español) to English copyright © 2012 by Laura Claycomb, (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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Based on:

a text in Spanish (Español) by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer (1836 - 1870), no title, appears in Rimas, no. 9, Madrid, Imprenta de T. Fortanet, first published 1871
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This text was added to the website: 2012-09-24
Line count: 8
Word count: 57