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by Vicente Augusto de Carvalho (1866 - 1924)

Só a leve esperança, em toda a vida
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Só a leve esperança, em toda a vida,
Disfarça a pena de viver, mais nada;
Nem é mais a existência, resumida,
Que uma grande esperança malograda.

O eterno sonho da alma desterrada
Sonho que a traz ansiosa e embevecida,
É uma hora feliz, sempre adiada
E que não chega nunca em toda a vida.

Essa felicidade que supomos,
Árvore milagrosa que sonhamos
Toda arreada de dourados pomos,

Existe, sim: mas nós não a alcançamos
Porque está sempre apenas onde a pomos
E nunca a pomos onde nós estamos.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Vicente Augusto de Carvalho (1866 - 1924), "Velho tema I" [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 Carlos Vianna de Almeida (1906 - 1990), "Velho tema" [voice and piano], Rio de Janeiro: Arthur Napoleão [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-06-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 88

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