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by Luís de Camões (c1524 - 1580)

Que esperais, esperança? Desespéro
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Que esperais, esperança?  Desespéro.
Quem disso a causa foi?  Hũa mudança.
Vós, vida, como estais?  Sem esperança.
Que dizeis, coração?  Que muito quero.

Que sentis, alma, vós?  Que amor he fero.
E, em fim, como viveis?  Sem confiança.
Quem vos sustenta, logo?  Huma lembrança.
E só nella esperais?  Só nella espero.

Em que podeis parar?  Nisto em que estou.
E em que estais vós?  Em acabar a vida.
E ténde-lo por bem?  Amor o quer.

Quem vos obriga assi?  Saber quem sou.
E quem sois?  Quem de todo está rendida.
A quem rendida estais?  A hum só querer.

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  • by Luís de Camões (c1524 - 1580), no title [author's text checked 1 time 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):

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Otto, Freiherr von Taube (1879 - 1973) ; composed by Hermann Reutter.
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This text was added to the website: 2024-01-10
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