When a flower blossoms | When a flower blossoms

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Melody Chapin

Quando uma flor desabrocha

Language: Portuguese (Português)

Our translations: ENG

Quando uma flor desabrocha,
parece sentir amor...
Quisera ver o teu seio
desabrochar como a flor.

Se eu pudesse ser o sol,
com que prazer te daria
todo o encanto da manhã,
toda a luz do melodia.

Meu coração é tão grande
que nele coubera o mar,
se o mar fosse o amor
que eu tenho para te dar!

Se por acaso eu encontro,
se vejo a imagem tua,
sinto um relampejo
dos dôces raios da lua!

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Portugal [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Francisco Mignone (1897 - 1986), "Quando uma flor desabrocha", 1937 [ voice and piano ], São Paulo: CEMBRA [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Melody Chapin) , "When a flower blossoms", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-07-17
Line count: 16
Word count: 77

When a flower blossoms

Language: English after the Portuguese (Português)

When a flower blossoms
It seems to feel love
I wish I could see your breast
Blossom as the flower does

If I could be the sun,
With what delight I would provide
All the magic of the morning
All the brilliance of noontide

My heart is so large that
It would take a sea to fill
If the sea were all the love
I have to give to you

If I happen to run into you
If your likeness I am shown,
I feel like I’m a beam of light
From the sweet rays of the moon!

Text Authorship:

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a text in Portuguese (Português) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Portugal
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This text was added to the website: 2024-06-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 98