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by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968)

Confissão
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
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. 

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]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-07-30
Line count: 14
Word count: 106

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