by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968)

Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Our translations:  ENG
O menino dorme.
Para que o menino
Durma sossegado,
Sentada a seu lado
A mãezinha canta:
- "Dodói vai-te embora!
"Deixa o meu filhinho.
"Dorme... dorme... meu..."

Morta de fadiga,
Ela adormeceu.
Então, no ombro dela,
Um vulto de santa,
Na mesma cantiga,
Na mesma voz dela,
Se debruça e canta:
- "Dorme meu amor.
"Dorme , meu benzinho..."
E o menino dorme.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Francisco Mignone (1897 - 1986), "O menino doente", 1938, published 1938 [ voice and piano ], from Quatro líricas, no. 2, São Paulo: Ricordi

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  • ENG English (Sarah Daughtrey) (Lucy Zollner) , "The invalid boy", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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