La mañana temprana | La luna en una mano, el amanecer en la otra

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by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953)

Translation © by José Miguel Llata

The early morning

Language: English

Our translations: SPA

The moon on the one hand, the dawn on the other:
The moon is my sister, the dawn is my brother.

The moon on my left and the dawn on my right.
My brother, good morning: my sister, good night.

Text Authorship:

by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "The early morning", appears in Verses and Sonnets, first published 1896 [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 Antony Garlick (b. 1927), "The early morning", published 1967 [ 2-part chorus of equal voices a cappella ], from Eleven Canzonets [sung text not yet checked]
by (Gerald) Graham Peel (1878 - 1937), "The early morning", published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from The Country Lover, no. 4, London, Chappell & Co. [sung text not yet checked]

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

SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , "La mañana temprana", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-16
Line count: 4
Word count: 40

La mañana temprana

Language: Spanish (Español) after the English

La luna en una mano, el amanecer en la otra
La luna es mi hermana, el alba es mi hermano.

La luna a la izquierda y el alba a la derecha.
Hermano, ¡buenos días¡; hermana, ¡buenas noches¡.

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Based on:

a text in English by (Joseph) Hilaire Belloc (1870 - 1953), "The early morning", appears in Verses and Sonnets, first published 1896
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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-18
Line count: 4
Word count: 37