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by Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa (1888 - 1935)

Tenho dó das estrelas
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Tenho dó das estrelas
Luzindo há tanto tempo,
Há tanto tempo...
Tenho dó delas.

Não haverá um cansaço
Das coisas.
De todas as coisas,
Como das pernas ou de um braço?

Um cansaço de existir,
De ser,
Só de ser,
O ser triste brilhar ou sorrir...

Não haverá, enfim,
Para as coisas que são,
Não a morte, mas sim
Uma outra espécie de fim,
Ou uma grande razão —
Qualquer coisa assim
Como um perdão?

Confirmed with Fernando Pessoa, Poesias, Lisboa: Ática, 1942 (15th edition: 1995), page 204.


Text Authorship:

  • by Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa (1888 - 1935), "Tenho dó das estrelas", first published 1938 [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 Ernesto Frederico (Sobrinho) Hartmann (b. 1970), "Tenho dó das estrelas", 2005 [voice and piano], from 3 Canções de Mário Quintana e Fernando Pessoa, no. 2. [ sung text not verified ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2017-07-02
Line count: 19
Word count: 75

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