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Four Poems by Manuel Bandeira
Song Cycle by José Antônio Resende de Almeida Prado (b. 1943)
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Andorinha lá fora está dizendo "Passei o dia à toa à toa!" Andorinha, andorinha Minha cantiga é mais triste! Passei a vida à toa, à toa...
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Outside the swallow is saying: "I have spent all day in vain, in vain!" Swallow, swallow My song is yet sadder! "I have spent all life in vain, in vain...
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Teu nome, voz das sereias, Teu nome, o meu pensamento, Escrevi-o nas areias, na água, Escrevi-o no vento.
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Your name, voice of mermaids, Your voice, my thought, I wrote it on sands, in the water, I wrote it in the wind.
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Belo, belo, belo Tenho tudo quanto quero Tenho o fogo de constelações Extinta há milênios. E o risco brevíssimo Que foi? Passou! De tantas estrelas cadentes A aurora apaga-se, e eu guardo As mais puras lágrimas da aurora. O dia vem, e dia a dentro Continuo a possuir O segredo grande da morte. Belo, belo, belo Tenho tudo quanto quero Não quero o êxtase nem os tormentos Não quero o que a Terra só dá com trabalho, As dádivas dos anjos são inaproveitáveis Os anjos não compreendem os homens. Não quero amar, Não quero ser amado (a) Não quero combater Não quero ser soldado Quero a delícia de poder sentir As coisas mais simples...
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Nice, nice, nice I have everything I want I have the fire of constellations Extinct millennia ago. And the over-short trace What's that? It is over! For so many cadent stars Dawn dims, and I retain The most pure tears of the dawn. The day comes, and day on I keep possessing The great secret of death. Nice, nice, nice I have everything I want I don't want ecstasy nor torments I don't want something which Earth gives only by working, Gifts from angels are useless Angels cannot understand men. I don't want to love, I don't want to be loved I don't want to fight I don't want to be a soldier I want the pleasure of being able to feel The most simple things...
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Vi uma estrela tão alta. Vi uma estrela tão fria! Vi uma estrela luzindo Na minha vida vazia. Era uma estrela tão alta. Era uma estrela tão fria! Era uma estrela sozinha Luzindo no fim do dia. Por que da sua distância Para a minha companhia Não baixava aquela estrela? Por que tão alta luzia? E ouvi-a na sombra funda Responder que assim fazia Para dar uma esperança Mais triste ao fim do meu dia.
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- by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968), "A estrela", appears in A lira dos cinqüent'anos, first published 1940
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I saw a so high star I saw a so cold star I saw a shining star In my empty life. It was a so high star It was a so cold star It was a lonely star Shining in the end of the day. Why that so distant star Didn't come down To make me company? Why did it shine so high? And I listen to it in the deep shadow Answering that it behaved this way In order to give a sadder hope To the end of my day.
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