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by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968)

Crepúsculo de outono
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
O crepúsculo cai, manso como uma bênção.
Dir-se-á que o rio chora a prisão de seu leito...
As grandes mãos da sombra evangélicas pensam
As feridas que a vida abriu em cada peito.

O outono amarelece e despoja os lariços.
Um corvo passa e grasna, e deixa esparso no ar
O terror augural de encantos e feitiços.
As flores morrem. Toda a relva entra a murchar.

Os pinheiros porém viçam, e serão breve
Todo o verde que a vista espairecendo vejas,
Mais negros sobre a alvura inânime da neve,
Altos e espirituais como flechas de igrejas.

Um sino plange. A sua voz ritma o murmúrio
Do rio, e isso parece a voz da solidão.
E essa voz enche o vale... o horizonte purpúreo...
Consoladora como um divino perdão.

O sol fundiu a neve. A folhagem vermelha
Reponta. Apenas há, nos barrancos retortos,
Flocos, que a luz do poente extática semelha
A um rebanho infeliz de cordeirinhos mortos.

A sombra casa os sons numa grave harmonia.
E tamanha esperança e uma tão grande paz
Avultam do clarão que cinge a serrania,
Como se houvesse aurora e o mar cantando atrás.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968), "Crepúsculo de outono", appears in A cinza das horas, first published 1917 [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 Helza de Cordoville Camêu (1903 - 1995), "Crepúsculo de outono", op. 25 no. 2 (1943), from Suite lírica, no. 2, voice and piano [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-06-12
Line count: 24
Word count: 189

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