I heard this song on the radio yesterday, but missed who was singing it. I then proceeded to spend over an hour looking for it online, but this was the closest I found. It's a shorter version of the lengthy poem by Federico García Lorca, this video entitles it Verde que te quiero verde but it's really called Romance Sonámbulo from his book Romancero Gitano, a book composed of 18 poems about the gitano, or gypsy, lifestyle. In Lorca's poetry, the color green signifies death, and I read once that it is the most common color that appears in his work. In this poem, the protagonist is fatally injured, "sleep-walking" in a daze during his last few hours of life as he makes his way to find his young gypsy girlfriend. However, upon his arrival, it is she who he finds dead.
Friday, March 25, 2011
verde que te quiero verde
I heard this song on the radio yesterday, but missed who was singing it. I then proceeded to spend over an hour looking for it online, but this was the closest I found. It's a shorter version of the lengthy poem by Federico García Lorca, this video entitles it Verde que te quiero verde but it's really called Romance Sonámbulo from his book Romancero Gitano, a book composed of 18 poems about the gitano, or gypsy, lifestyle. In Lorca's poetry, the color green signifies death, and I read once that it is the most common color that appears in his work. In this poem, the protagonist is fatally injured, "sleep-walking" in a daze during his last few hours of life as he makes his way to find his young gypsy girlfriend. However, upon his arrival, it is she who he finds dead.
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dun dun dun, nunca sabia! gracias neen.
ReplyDeleteverde q te quiero verde, una cancion tan cerca de mi corazon....