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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Tu chamas‑me tua vida
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Tu chamas-me tua vida,
Eu tua alma quero ser,
Que a vida morre depressa,
A alma não póde morrer.

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Note: many variations of this text exist. Some begin "Chamas me tua vida" and have "A vida acaba com a morte" as the third line.


Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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  • Also set in English, a translation by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824) , "From the Portugese", appears in Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, a Romaunt: and other Poems, in Poems, first published 1814 [an adaptation] ; composed by Hans Hermann, Germaine Tailleferre.
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  • Also set in English, a translation by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824) , "Another Version", first published 1832 ; composed by Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf Böttger (1815 - 1870) , "Aus dem Portugiesischen", first published 1819 ; composed by Hans Hermann, Conradin Kreutzer.
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  • Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Ivan Ivanovich Kozlov (1779 - 1840) ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki, César Antonovich Cui, Reinhold Moritzevich Glière, Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov.
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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-24
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Word count: 19

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