Dos Cuerpos (Two Bodies)

Sheet Music Video: https://youtu.be/F5KuAZl9hg8?si=Zc1pJM_yuq1yVpTM&t=9 

Motif / Solfege: The first melodic phrase “Dos cuerpos frente a frente” contains the song’s motif in E Major: “sol, re re re-- re do mi— mi—”. How many times do you hear it in the music?

Phrase: The sheet music video shows phrase markings, most often in 2 or 4 measure groups

Text Painting: The choir in this performance, Common Ground Voices / La Frontera, performs "Dos Cuerpos" to open a discussion about family separation at the Mexico/US border. The singers perform facing each other in pairs, and the entire ensemble divides in half at the end of the piece.

Lyrics: 
Dos cuerpos frente a frente
son a veces dos olas
y la noche es océano.

Dos cuerpos frente a frente
son a veces dos piedras
y la noche desierto.

Dos cuerpos frente a frente
son a veces raíces
en la noche enlazadas.

Dos cuerpos frente a frente
son a veces navajas
y la noche relámpago.

Dos cuerpos frente a frente
son dos astros que caen
en un cielo vacío.

English:
Two bodies face to face
Are at times two waves
And the night is an ocean.

Two bodies face to face
Are sometimes two stones
And the night a desert.

Two bodies face to face
Are at times two roots
Intertwined in the night.

Two bodies face to face
Are sometimes two stilettos
And night lightening sparks.

Two bodies face to face
Are two stars who are falling
In an empty sky.