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Neste rio tem uma Iára... De primeiro o velho que tinha visto a Iára...Ah á! Contava que ela era feiosa, muito! Preta gorda manquitola ver peixe-boi. Felizmente o velho morreu faz tempo! Ah! Duma feita madrugada de neblina, um moço que sofria de paixão por causa duma índia que não queria ceder pra ele Se levantou e desapareceu na água do rio. Ah! Então principiaram a falar que a Iára cantava, era moça, Cabelos de limo esverdeado do rio. Ah! Ontem o piá brinca brincando subiu na igara do pai abicada no porto botou a mãozinha na água funda E vai, a piranha abocanhou a mãozinha do piá., ah! Neste rio tem uma Iára!... Neste rio tem uma Iára!...
Authorship
- by Mário de Andrade (1893 - 1945) [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 Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959), "Iára", 1926, from Três Poemas Indígenas, no. 3. [text verified 1 time]
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- ENG English (Mirna Rubim) , title 1: "Iára", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Mirna Rubim
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 19
Word count: 119
There is an Iára in this River! At first, the old Man he had seen the Iára. Ah! He told she was ugly, very ugly, Black, old, and that she looks like a Peixe-boi (a kind of Amazon fish) Fortunately the old man died a long time ago! Ah! In a certain nebulous night There was a man, who suffered of infatuation For a young Indian girl Who didn't desire him. He rose and disappeared in the river water. Then, one began to say that Iára was singing, She was a girl, hair of moss, turned green by the river. Ah! Yesterday, the piá (little Indian) was playing-playing Boarded the Igára (Indian boat) of his father at the port. He put his little hand in the deep water, And then, the Piranha (ferocious Amazon fish) Devoured the little piá's hand, ah! There is an Iára in this River! There is an Iára in this River!
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- a text in Portuguese (Português) by Mário de Andrade (1893 - 1945)
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 19
Word count: 155