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by Vicente Augusto de Carvalho (1866 - 1924)

Cantiga praiana
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Eu sou como aquela fonte
Que vai, tão triste, a chorar:
Desce da encosta do monte,
Corre em procura do mar.

Perdição da minha vida.
Meu amor! bem compreendido
Onde vou nesta descida...
E vou chorando e descendo.

Pobre da fonte, baqueia
Na vargem, sempre a chorar,
E turva, turva de areia,
Corre... corre para o mar...

Perdição de minha vida,
Amor que me vais levando!
Terá fim esta descida?
Há de ter... Mas onde? e quando?

Com pouco mais que descais
Lá vai a fonte parar:
Chega na beira da praia...
Morre nas ondas do mar...

Text Authorship:

  • by Vicente Augusto de Carvalho (1866 - 1924), "Cantiga praiana" [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 Helza de Cordoville Camêu (1903 - 1995), "Cantiga praiana", op. 5 no. 2 (1936), from Cinco peças para canto, no. 2, voice and piano [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-06-12
Line count: 20
Word count: 97

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