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Sei que pensar em ti não devo, Nem o teu nome murmurar, Que faço mal, quando isto escrevo, Que é criminoso meu enlevo, Que nada mais posso esperar; Sei que de todo indifferente Teu coração tornou-se a mim; Sei que é forçoso que me ausente, Que nem siquér te cumprimente Si te encontrar... Não é assim?! Sei... E me faz tão dura sorte Penas cruéis. Mas também sei Que tudo vence, que é tão forte (Di-lo o Evangelho) quanto a morte Isto que sento e sentirei. Durou apenas um instante Nossa loucura, mas foi tal Que, como um ácido cortante, N'alma gravou-me, penetrante, Um profundíssimo signal. Oh! A certeza me consterna De que jamais serei feliz! [Só]1 a saudade me governa... Guardo de ti lembrança eterna Nessa indelével cicatriz.
1 Nepomuceno: "Jamais! Só"
Authorship:
- by Affonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo, Conde (1860 - 1938), "Sempre" [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 Alberto Nepomuceno (1864 - 1920), "Sempre!", op. 32 (1904) [voice and piano], Rio de Janeiro: manuscrito autógrafo na BN; Rio de Janeiro: Sampaio Araújo & Cia [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Fredric Kroll) , title 1: "Immer!", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Fredric Kroll) , title 1: "Forever!", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Fredric Kroll
This text was added to the website: 2005-09-13
Line count: 25
Word count: 129
Ich weiss, dass ich nicht an dich denken, Nicht deinen Namen murmeln darf, Dass ich Schlimmes tue, wenn ich dies schreibe, Dass meine Anrufung kriminell ist, Dass ich nichts mehr hoffen darf; Ich weiss, dass ich deinem Herzen Vollkommen gleichgültig wurde; Dass ich gezwungen bin, mich fernzuhalten, Dass ich dich nicht einmal grüssen darf Wenn ich dir begegne... Ist es nicht so?! Ich weiss... Und ein so hartes Schicksal Macht mir grausame Schmerzen... Doch ich weiss auch, Dass alles siegt, was so stark ist (So steht's in der Bibel) wie der Tod, Und so stark fühle ich und werde ich fühlen. Nur einen Augenblick dauerte Unser Wahnsinn, doch er war derart, Dass er, wie eine schneidende Säure, Die in mich eindrang, In meine Seele ein sehr tiefes Zeichen ätzte. Oh! Die Gewissheit verstört mich, Dass ich niemals glücklich sein werde! [Niemals!] Einzig die Sehnsucht noch regiert mich... An dich behalte ich ein ewiges Andenken In dieser unauslöschlichen Narbe.
Authorship:
- Translation from Portuguese (Português) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2005 by Fredric Kroll, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in Portuguese (Português) by Affonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo, Conde (1860 - 1938), "Sempre"
This text was added to the website: 2005-09-13
Line count: 25
Word count: 159