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by Francisco Otaviano de Almeida Rosa (1825 - 1889)

Oh! se te amei! Toda a manhã da vida
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Oh! se te amei! Toda a manhã da vida
Gastei-a em sonhos que de ti falavam!
Nas estrelas do céu via teu rosto,
Ouvia-te nas brisas que passavam:
Oh! se te amei! Do fundo de minh' alma
Imenso, eterno amor te consagrei...
Era um viver em cisma de futuro!
Mulher! oh! se te amei!

Quando um sorriso os lábios te roçava,
Meu Deus! que entusiasmo que sentia!
Láurea coroa de virente rama
Inglório bardo, a fronte me cingia;
À estrela alva, às nuvens do Ocidente,
Em meiga voz teu nome confiei.
Estrela e nuvens bem no seio o guardam;
Mulher! oh! se te amei!

Oh! se te amei! As lágrimas vertidas,
Alta noite por ti; atroz tortura
Do desespero d'alma, e além, no tempo,
Uma vida sumir-se na loucura...
Nem aragem, nem sol, nem céu, nem flores,
Nem a sombra das glórias que sonhei...
Tudo desfez-se em sonhos e quimeras...
Mulher! oh! se te amei!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Francisco Otaviano de Almeida Rosa (1825 - 1889), "Recordações" [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 João Gomes de Araújo (1846 - 1943), "Recordações", 1922, published 1922 [ voice and piano ], Rio de Janeiro : Vieira Machado & Ca. [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Antônio Francisco Braga (1868 - 1945), "Oh! Se te amei!", op. 11 (1898) [ voice and piano ], Rio de Janeiro: Casa Vieira Machado [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-06-07
Line count: 24
Word count: 155

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