by Honório de Carvalho
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A velha história
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Our translations:  ENG
Na luz dos lindos olhos teus,
Um dia eu vi o amor brilhar;
E logo, a sorrir, tive os meus
Que então só sabiam chorar...

Depois o sonho azul passou,
E tímido, o amor fugiu:
A minha tristeza voltou,
E, nela, a saudade floriu!

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Garrett Medlock) , "The old tale", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) [singable] (Honório de Carvalho)


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-06-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

Un dia en tus hermosos hojos
Language: Spanish (Español)  after the Portuguese (Português) 
Un dia en tus hermosos hojos,
Yo vi de amor la luz brillar;
Y luego, a sonreir, vi mis hojos
Que solo sabian llorar...

Despues pasó el ensueño azul,
Y timido, el amor huyó
Y entonces e[n]1 mi corazon,
El llanto de amor renació!

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Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-12-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 45