Soupir de l'âme | Soupir qui naît de l'âme

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by João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett (1799 - 1854)

Translation © by Nicolas Gounin

Suspiro d'alma

Language: Portuguese (Português)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Suspiro que nasce d'alma,
Que à flor dos lábios morreu...
Coração que o não entende
Não no quero para meu.

Falou-te a voz da minha alma,
A tua não na entendeu:
Coração não tens no peito,
Ou é dif'rente do meu.

Queres que em língua da terra
Se digam coisas do céu?
Coração que tal deseja,
Não no quero para meu.

Text Authorship:

by João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett (1799 - 1854), "Suspiro d'alma" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Antônio Carlos Gomes (1836 - 1896), "Suspiro d'alma", 1857 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Anne Evans) , "Soul's breath", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Nicolas Gounin) , "Soupir de l'âme", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-06-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 61

Soupir de l'âme

Language: French (Français) after the Portuguese (Português)

Soupir qui naît de l'âme
Qui à la fleur des lèvres meurt
Coeur qui ne l'entend pas
Je ne veux pas pour moi

La voix de mon âme t'a parlé
La tienne ne l'a pas entendue
Dans ta poitrine tu n'as pas de coeur,
Ou alors il est différent du mien

Tu veux que dans la langue d'ici-bas
Se disent des choses célestes?
Un coeur qui désire cela
Je ne le veux pas pour moi

Text Authorship:

Translation from Portuguese (Português) to French (Français) copyright © 1996 by Nicolas Gounin, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in Portuguese (Português) by João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett (1799 - 1854), "Suspiro d'alma"
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This text was added to the website: 2021-09-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 75