Vi uma estrela tão alta. Vi uma estrela tão fria! Vi uma estrela luzindo Na minha vida vazia. Era uma estrela tão alta. Era uma estrela tão fria! Era uma estrela sozinha Luzindo no fim do dia. Por que da sua distância Para a minha companhia Não baixava aquela estrela? Por que tão alta luzia? E ouvi-a na sombra funda Responder que assim fazia Para dar uma esperança Mais triste ao fim do meu dia.
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Authorship
- by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968), "A estrela", appears in A lira dos cinqüent'anos, first published 1940 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Alimonda (1922 - 2002), "A estrela", 1962 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by José Antônio Resende de Almeida Prado (b. 1943), "A estrela", 1998, from Quatro Poemas de Manuel Bandeira, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Helza de Cordoville Camêu (1903 - 1995), "A estrela", op. 25 no. 5 (1943), from Suite lírica, no. 5, voice and piano [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carlos Alberto Pinto Fonseca (b. 1933), "A estrela", 1977 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Isidro Buenaventura Maiztegui Pereiro (1905 - 1996), "A estrela" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Francisco Mignone (1897 - 1986), "A estrela", 1942, published 1950 [ voice and piano ], São Paulo: Mangione [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sérgio di Sabbato (b. 1955), "A estrela" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Kilza Setti de Castro Lima (b. 1932), "A estrela", 1961 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ricardo Tacuchian (b. 1939), "A estrela" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Mirna Rubim) , "The Star", 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.
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