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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
I know that I may not think of you, Not murmur your name, That I do wrong by writing this, That my invocation is criminal, That I may hope for nothing more; I know that your heart Has turned utterly indifferent towards me; That I am forced to keep away from you, That I may not even greet you If I meet you... Is it not so?! I know... And such a hard fate Causes me cruel pain... But I also know That everything conquers that is as strong (Thus speaks the Bible) as death, And thus I feel and shall I feel. Our madness lasted only for a moment But it was so intense That, like a sharp acid, It penetrated my soul and etched in it A very deep mark. Oh! the certainty consternates me That I shall never be happy! [Never!] Yearning alone shall rule me... I keep an eternal remembrance of you In this indelible scar.
Authorship:
- Translation from Portuguese (Português) to English 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: 160