Deixa que nesa copa en onde bebes…

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Deixa que nesa copa en onde bebes is a work commissioned by Xulio Mosquera to promote the poetic work of Rosalía de Castro 

Information:

Year: 2011
Text: Rosalía de Castro
Difficulty: Low
Staff: SATB divisi
Duration: 2.00 min.
Pages: 2
Language: Galician

 

Text:

Deixa que nesa copa en onde bebes
as dozuras da vida,
unha gota de fel, unha tan soyo,
o meu dolorido coraçón esprima.
                                                     
Comprenderás entonces
como abranda a delor as pedras frias,                 
aunque abrandar non poida
almas de ferro e peitos homicidas.

Translation:

Let that glass you’re drinking from
sweetnesses of life,
a drop of gall, a single one,
my aching heart squeezes.

You’ll understand then
how cold stones soften the pain,
even if it can’t soften
souls of iron and homicidal breasts.