Federico García Lorca's most famous poems
The top 3 according to 0 votes from people: Sleepwalking Ballad · Ballad of the Moon, Moon · Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías. (Updated Nov 23, 2023.)
From Gypsy Ballads to Poet in New York: the Lorca poems most read, recited and studied.
Automatically translated (original in Español). See the original
Top 18
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1
Sleepwalking Ballad
Gypsy Ballads, 1928. The best known of all, full of green.
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Ballad of the Moon, Moon
Gypsy Ballads. The moon comes down to the forge and takes a child.
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Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías
1935. The elegy for his bullfighter friend, with "At five in the afternoon".
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Ballad of the Spanish Civil Guard
Gypsy Ballads. The assault on the city of the gypsies.
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5
The Faithless Wife
Gypsy Ballads. A night by the river.
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Ballad of Black Pain
Gypsy Ballads. Soledad Montoya and her sorrow.
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The Arrest of Antoñito el Camborio on the Road to Seville
Gypsy Ballads. The gypsy arrested by the Civil Guard.
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8
The Guitar
Poem of the Deep Song. The weeping of the guitar.
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9
Song of the Rider
Songs, 1927. Córdoba, far away and alone.
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10
It's True
Songs. How hard it is to love you.
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Sleepless City
Poet in New York. Nocturne of the Brooklyn Bridge.
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12
Dawn
Poet in New York. Daybreak in the big city.
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13
Ode to Walt Whitman
Poet in New York. His tribute to the American poet.
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14
Little Viennese Waltz
Poet in New York. The waltz Leonard Cohen turned into "Take This Waltz".
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15
Gacela of Unforeseen Love
The Tamarit Divan. A love that arrives without warning.
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Sonnet of the Sweet Complaint
Sonnets of Dark Love. The fear of losing the beloved.
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Absent Soul
Lament for Ignacio Sánchez Mejías. The last part of the elegy.
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18
Malagueña
Poem of the Deep Song. Death comes in and out of the tavern.
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