University of Alabama Singers - Esta Tierra & Paso (Javier Busto)

Javier Busto (b. 1949) - Esta Tierra & Paso
The University of Alabama
University Singers
Carlos Eduardo Vieira - conductor
Graduate recital at 1st United Methodist Church Tuscaloosa
Nov, 23rd, 2014
Lyrics:
ESTA TIERRA
No me busques en los montes
por altos que sean,
ni me busques en la mar
por grande que te parezca.
Búscame aquí, en esta tierra llana,
con puente y pinar, con almena y agua lenta,
donde se escucha volar aunque el sonido se pierda.
PASO
¿Irme con el río?
¿Quedar con el aire?
(Las ondas, qué calmas.
Las nubes, qué ágiles).
¿Dormir con el río?
¿Soñar con el aire?
(Las ondas, qué olvidos. Las nubes, qué imágenes).
Quedarme en el río. Fundirme en el aire. Ser la onda que fulge, la nube que arde.
Ir, en la ignorancia del río y del aire, como nube y onda que salva la tarde.
Author: Francisco Pino (1910-2002)
English Translation:
THIS LAND
Do not look for me on the mountains
however high they are,
do not look for me at sea either
however big it seems to you.
Look for me here in this flat land
of bridge and pinewood, battlement and still waters
where flying is heard though the sound fades.
STEP
Should I go with the river?
Should I stay with the air?
(The waves, how still!
The clouds, how agile!).
Should I sleep with the river?
Should I dream of the air?
(The waves, what oblivion! The clouds, what images!).
Staying in the river. Merging into the air. Being the wave that shines, the cloud that burns.
Going in the ignorance of the river and the air, as cloud and wave that save the evening.

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Breathtakingly beautiful