Vejo-te em seda e nácar, E tão de orvalho trêmula, Que penso ver, efêmera, Toda a belza em lágrimas Por ser bela e ser frágil. Meus olos te ofereço: Espelho para a face Que terás, no meu verso, Quando, depois, que passes, Jamais ninguém te esqueça. Então, de seda e nácar, Toda de orvalho trêmula, Será eterna. E efêmero, O rosto teu, nas lágrimas Do teu orvalho ... E frágil.
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Authorship:
- by Cecília Benevides de Carvalho Meireles (1901 - 1964) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by José Antônio Resende de Almeida Prado (b. 1943), "Primeiro motivo da rosa", 1998, from Quatro motivos da rosa, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Mirna Rubim
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