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by Oliveira Silveira (1941 - 2009)

Encontrei minhas origens
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Encontrei minhas origens
em velhos arquivos
....... livros
encontrei
em malditos objetos
troncos e grilhetas
encontrei minhas origens
no leste
no mar em imundos tumbeiros
encontrei
em doces palavras
...... cantos
em furiosos tambores
....... ritos
encontrei minhas origens
na cor de minha pele
nos lanhos de minha alma
em mim
em minha gente escura
em meus heróis altivos
encontrei
encontrei-as enfim
me encontrei

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Text Authorship:

  • by Oliveira Silveira (1941 - 2009), appears in Roteiro dos tantãs, first published 1981 [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 Tebogo Monnakgotla (b. 1972), 2002 [ soprano, baritone and orchestra ], from Encontrei, no.
        Publisher: Svensk Musik [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-02-26
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Word count: 63

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