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by Hermes Fontes (1888 - 1930)

Canção da ausência
 (Sung text for setting by A. Nepomuceno)
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Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Uma lua religiosa,
Uma lua romanesca,
Aponta como uma rosa
Muito branca, muito fresca
No ar sem fim

Ah! Quem me dera essa rosa,
Para eu dá-la ao teu jardim?!

Um luar sereno e belo
Fluido mármore da altura
Parece esculpir o estelo
Para minha sepultura
Consagrar

Ah! Quem me dera esse estelo
para enfeite do teu Lar?!

Do alto, a lua paraninfa
Terra e Céu, noivando.
E verte pranto argênteo,
Clara linfa sobre a natureza inerte, sem vigor:

Ah! Quem me dera essa linfa
Para o teu banho de flor...

Dolorosa, fria lua,
Pia ebúrnea da alta Ermida.
Fonte grega! Estátua nua!
Rosa branca refletida
Nas marés:

Ah! Quem me dera ser lua
Para esfolhar-me aos seus pés!...

Composition:

    Set to music by Alberto Nepomuceno (1864 - 1920), "Canção da ausência", 1915, first performed 1917 [ voice and piano ], E. Bevilacqua & C.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hermes Fontes (1888 - 1930), "Último Idílio"

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This text was added to the website: 2010-07-18
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