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by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968)

Teu nome
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Our translations:  ENG
Teu nome, voz das sereias,
Teu nome, o meu pensamento,
Escrevi-o nas areias, na água,
Escrevi-o no vento.

Text Authorship:

  • by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968), "Teu nome" [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), "Teu nome", 1998 [ voice and piano ], from Quatro Poemas de Manuel Bandeira, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Marlos Nobre de Almeida (b. 1939), "Teu nome", op. 9 no. 2 (1962) [ soprano and piano ], from Três canções, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Achille Guido Picchi (b. 1951), "Teu nome", op. 116 no. 1, first performed 1996 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • ENG English (Mirna Rubim) , "Your Name", 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: 4
Word count: 18

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