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by Cecília Benevides de Carvalho Meireles (1901 - 1964)

Praia do fim do mundo
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Neste lugar só de areia, 
já não terra, ainda não mar,
poderíamos cantar.

Ó noite, solidão, bruma,
país de estrêlas sem voz,
que cantaremos nos?

As sombras nossas na praia
podem ser nolte e ser mar
pelo ar e pela água andar

Mas o canto, mas o sonho,
de que modo encontrarão
o que não é vão?

Cantemos, porém, amigos,
neste impossível lugar
que nao e terra nem mar:

na praia do fim do mundo
que nao guardará de nós
sombra nem voz

Text Authorship:

  • by Cecília Benevides de Carvalho Meireles (1901 - 1964) [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 Esther Scliar (1926 - 1978), "Praia do fim do mundo", 1976 [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-10-02
Line count: 18
Word count: 83

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