by
Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968)
Teu nome
Language: Portuguese (Português)
Teu nome, voz das sereias,
Teu nome, o meu pensamento,
Escrevi-o nas areias, na água,
Escrevi-o no vento.
Text Authorship:
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
Your Name
Language: English after the Portuguese (Português)
Your name, voice of mermaids,
Your voice, my thought,
I wrote it on sands, in the water,
I wrote it in the wind.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Portuguese (Português) to English copyright © by Mirna Rubim, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Portuguese (Português) by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968), "Teu nome"
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 23
