Se não a vejo e o espírito a afigura, Cresce este meu desejo de hora em hora... Cuido dizer-lhe o amor que me tortura, O amor que a exalta e a pede e a chama e a implora. Cuido contar-lhe o mal, pedir-lhe a cura... Abrir-lhe o incerto coração que chora, Mostrar-lhe o fundo intacto de ternura, Agora, embravecida e mansa agora... E é num arroubo que a alma desfalece De sonhá-la prendada e casta e clara, Que eu, em minha miséria, absorto a aguardo... Mas ela chega, e toda me parece Tão acima de mim... tão linda e rara... Que hesito, balbucio e me acobardo.
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Text Authorship:
- by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968), "Confissão" [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 Nestor de Hollanda Cavalcanti (b. 1949), "Confissão", 1992 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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