Swallow | Outside the swallow is saying

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by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968)

Translation © by Mirna Rubim

Andorinha

Language: Portuguese (Português)

Our translations: ENG

Andorinha lá fora está dizendo
"Passei o dia à toa à toa!"
Andorinha, andorinha 
Minha cantiga é mais triste!
Passei a vida à toa, à toa...

Text Authorship:

by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968) [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), "Andorinha", 1998, from Quatro Poemas de Manuel Bandeira, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by José de Lima Siqueira (1907 - 1985), "Andorinha", 1952 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Mirna Rubim) , "Swallow", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Mirna Rubim

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 26

Swallow

Language: English after the Portuguese (Português)

Outside the swallow is saying:
"I have spent all day in vain, in vain!"
Swallow, swallow
My song is yet sadder!
"I have spent all life in vain, in vain...

Text Authorship:

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a text in Portuguese (Português) by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968)
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 30