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Love songs (second series)
Song Cycle by Cláudio Franco de Sá Santoro (1919 - 1989)
Se meu amor distante Eu sou como um jardim noturno O meu silêncio é o seu perfume A se exalar em vão dentro da noite Oh, volta minha amada! A morte ronda em teu jardim As rosas tremem... E a lua nem parece mais lembrar de mim.
Authorship
- by (Marcus) Vinícius de Moraes (1913 - 1980) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Mirna Rubim) , "Night Garden", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
If my love (is) distant, I feel as if I were a night garden My silent is her fragrance Exhaling in vain in the night Oh, come back my beloved! Death prowls around in your garden The roses tremble... And the moon seems not remember me anymore.
Authorship
- Translation from Portuguese (Português) to English copyright © by Mirna Rubim, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
Mirna Rubim. Contact: mirnarubim (AT) hotmail.com
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- a text in Portuguese (Português) by (Marcus) Vinícius de Moraes (1913 - 1980)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 48
Di quem quer minha tristeza Di quem quer minha aflição Se quiser vendo barato Fiado não, não vendo não Também tenho uma saudade Uma saudade de um bem-querer Todos dois dou até dado Pois não quero mais sofrer.
Authorship
Researcher for this text: Mirna RubimAlma perdida teu canto chão Tão longe, tão sozinho Chegou até mim Ai quisera eu tanto dizer Volta ó alma perdide Volta ó alma Vem amar, vem sofrer...
Authorship
Researcher for this text: Mirna RubimDeve existir, eu sei que deve existir Algum lugar onde o amor Possa viver a sua vida em paz E esquecido de que existe a dor Ser feliz, ser feliz, bem feliz.
Authorship
- by (Marcus) Vinícius de Moraes (1913 - 1980) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Mirna Rubim) , "Somewhere", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
It must exist, I know it must exist A place where love Can live its own life in peace End forgotten about sorrow Be happy, be happy, very happy.
Authorship
- Translation from Portuguese (Português) to English copyright © by Mirna Rubim, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
Mirna Rubim. Contact: mirnarubim (AT) hotmail.com
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- a text in Portuguese (Português) by (Marcus) Vinícius de Moraes (1913 - 1980)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 30
Silêncio, façam silêncio Quero dizer-vos minha tristeza Minha saudade e a dor A dor que há no meu canto Ó silenciai vós que assim vos agitais Perdidamente em vão. Meu coração vos canta A mais doloroza das histórias Minha amada partiu Partiu ó grande desespero de quem ama Ver partir o seu amor.
Authorship
Researcher for this text: Mirna Rubim