The Girl from Guatemala (Carbajo, Víctor)

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Performer Pages Víctor Carbajo (piano)
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Performers Elena Rey (soprano), Juan Carlos Barona (tenor), Gonzalo Montes (baritone)
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General Information

Work Title La Niña de Guatemala
Alternative. Title The Girl from Guatemala
Composer Carbajo, Víctor
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IVC 85
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1998
First Performance. 2000
Librettist José Martí (1853-1895)
Language Spanish
Dedication Alina Sánchez
Average DurationAvg. Duration 4 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Modern
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation voice, piano
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La Niña de Guatemala

Quiero, a la sombra de un ala, / contar este cuento en flor: / La niña de Guatemala, / la que se murió de amor.

Eran de lirio los ramos, / y las orlas de reseda / y de jazmín; la enterramos / en una caja de seda.

…Ella dio al desmemoriado / una almohadilla de olor; / él volvió, volvió casado; / ella se murió de amor.

Iban cargándola en andas / obispos y embajadores; / detrás iba el pueblo en tandas, / todo cargado de flores.

…Ella, por volverlo a ver, / salió a verlo al mirador: / él volvió con su mujer; / ella se murió de amor.

Como de bronce candente / al beso de despedida / era su frente ¡la frente / que más he amado en mi vida!

…Se entró de tarde en el río, / la sacó muerta el doctor; / dicen que murió de frío: / yo sé que murió de amor.

Allí, en la bóveda helada, / la pusieron en dos bancos; / besé su mano afilada, / besé sus zapatos blancos.

Callado, al obscurecer, / me llamó el enterrador. / ¡Nunca más he vuelto a ver / a la que murió de amor!

The Girl from Guatemala

At a wing’s shade, / I want to tell this story, like a flower: / The girl from Guatemala, / the girl that died of love.

The flowers were lilies, / and mignonette ornaments / and jasmine; we buried her / in a silk casket.

…She gave to the forgetful / a perfumed sachet: / he came back, came back married; / she died of love.

She was carried in a procession / by bishops and ambassadors; / behind were the town’s people in groups / they were all carrying flowers.

…She, wanted to see him again, / she stepped out to the balcony: / he came back with his wife; / she died of love.

Like ardent bronze, / when he kissed her goodbye, / her forehead was the forehead / that I have loved the most in my life!

…She went into the river at dusk, / she was dead when the doctor pulled her out: / some say she died of coldness: / but I know she died of love.

There, in the chilling crypt, / they set her on two benches: / I kissed her slender hand, / I kissed her white shoes.

Silently, when it grew dark, / the undertaker called me: / I have never again seen / the girl who died of love!