Forever! | I know that I may not think of you

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by Affonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo, Conde (1860 - 1938)

Translation © by Fredric Kroll

Sempre!

(Sung text for setting by A. Nepomuceno)

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Language: Portuguese (Português)

Our translations: ENG GER

Sei que pensar em ti não devo,
Nem o teu nome murmurar,
Que faço mal, quando isto escrevo,
Que é criminoso meu enlevo,
Que nada mais posso esperar;

Sei que de todo indifferente
Teu coração tornou-se a mim;
Sei que é forçoso que me ausente,
Que nem siquér te cumprimente
Si te encontrar... Não é assim?!

Sei... E me faz tão dura sorte
Penas cruéis. Mas também sei
Que tudo vence, que é tão forte
(Di-lo o Evangelho) quanto a morte
Isto que sento e sentirei.

Durou apenas um instante
Nossa loucura, mas foi tal
Que, como um ácido cortante,
N'alma gravou-me, penetrante,
Um profundíssimo signal.

Oh! A certeza me consterna
De que jamais serei feliz! 
Jamais! Só a saudade me governa...
Guardo de ti lembrança eterna
Nessa indelével cicatriz.

Composition:

Alberto Nepomuceno

Text Authorship:

by Affonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo, Conde (1860 - 1938), "Sempre"

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ENG English (Fredric Kroll) , "Forever!", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Fredric Kroll) , "Immer!", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Fredric Kroll

This text was added to the website: 2005-09-13
Line count: 25
Word count: 130

Forever!

(Sung text translation for setting by A. Nepomuceno)

See original

Language: English after the Portuguese (Português)

I know that I may not think of you,
Not murmur your name,
That I do wrong by writing this,
That my invocation is criminal,
That I may hope for nothing more;

I know that your heart
Has turned utterly indifferent towards me;
That I am forced to keep away from you,
That I may not even greet you
If I meet you... Is it not so?!

I know... And such a hard fate
Causes me cruel pain... But I also know
That everything conquers that is as strong
(Thus speaks the Bible) as death,
And thus I feel and shall I feel.

Our madness lasted only for a moment
But it was so intense
That, like a sharp acid,
It penetrated my soul and etched in it
A very deep mark.

Oh! the certainty consternates me
That I shall never be happy! Never!
Yearning alone shall rule me...
I keep an eternal remembrance of you
In this indelible scar.

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This text was added to the website: 2005-09-13
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Word count: 160