Belo, Belo | Belo, belo, belo

by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968)

Belo, Belo

Language: Portuguese (Português)

Our translations: ENG

Belo, belo, belo
Tenho tudo quanto quero
Tenho o fogo de constelações
Extinta há milênios.
E o risco brevíssimo
Que foi? Passou!
De tantas estrelas cadentes
A aurora apaga-se, e eu guardo
As mais puras lágrimas da aurora.
O dia vem, e dia a dentro
Continuo a possuir 
O segredo grande da morte.
Belo, belo, belo
Tenho tudo quanto quero
Não quero o êxtase nem os tormentos
Não quero o que a 
Terra só dá com trabalho,
As dádivas dos anjos são inaproveitáveis
Os anjos não compreendem os homens.
Não quero amar,
Não quero ser amado (a)
Não quero combater
Não quero ser soldado
Quero a delícia de poder sentir 
As coisas mais simples...

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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), "Belo, Belo", 1998, from Quatro Poemas de Manuel Bandeira, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

Researcher for this page: Mirna Rubim

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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