Por mais que te celebre, não me escutas, Embora em forma e nácar te assemelhas, À concha soante, à musical orelha Que grava o mar nas íntimas volutas. Deponho-te em cristal, defronte a espelhos..., Sem eco de citernas ou de gustas... Ausências e cegueiras absoluas Ofereces às vestas e abelhas, E a quem te adora, ó surda e silenciosa, E cega e bela e interminável rosa, Que em tempo e aroma e verso te transmutas! Sem terra nem estrelas brilhas, presa A meu sonho , insensível à beleza Que és e não sabes, porque não me escutas...
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Text 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), "Segundo motivo da rosa", 1998, from Quatro motivos da rosa, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Mirna Rubim
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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