Dulce Tortura (Sweet Torture)
Dulce Tortura (Sweet Torture)
for Voice and Piano
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Premiere: "Songs from the Hispanic Diaspora" at Timucua Arts Foundation in Orlando, Florida on August 24, 2025--Performed by Emily Heumann, mezzo and Kristine Griffin, piano
DULCE TORTURA
Alfonsina Storni
Polvo de oro en tus manos fue mi melancolía;
Sobre tus manos largas desparramé mi vida;
Mis dulzuras quedaron a tus manos prendidas;
Ahora soy un ánfora de perfumes vacía.
Cuánta dulce tortura quietamente sufrida,
Cuando, picado el alma de tristeza sombría,
Sabedora de engaños, me pasada los días
¡Besando las dos manos que me ajaban la vida!
Instrumentation: Voice and Piano
Duration: About 5 minutes
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SWEET TORTURE
By Alfonsina Storni
My melancholy was gold dust in your hands;
On your long hands I scattered my life;
My sweetness remained clutched in your hands;
Now I am a vial of perfume, emptied
How much sweet torture quietly suffered,
When, my soul wrested with shadowy sadness,
She who knows the tricks, I passed the days
kissing the two hands that stifled my life
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