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by Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa (1888 - 1935)

Dorme sobre o meu seio
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Dorme sobre o meu seio,
Sonhando de sonhar...
No teu olhar eu leio
Um lúbrico vagar.
Dorme no sonho de existir
E na ilusão de amar.
Tudo é nada, e tudo
Um sonho finge ser.
O 'spaço negro é mudo.
Dorme, e, ao adormecer,
Saibas do coração sorrir
Sorrisos de esquecer.

Dorme sobre o meu seio,
Sem mágoa nem amor...

No teu olhar eu leio
O íntimo torpor
De quem conhece o nada-ser
De vida e gozo e dor. 

Text Authorship:

  • by Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa (1888 - 1935), "Dorme sobre o meu seio" [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), "Dorme sobre o meu seio", 2002 [voice and piano], from 3 Canções de Samuel Lisman e Fernando Pessoa, no. 3. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-12-01
Line count: 18
Word count: 79

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