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by Luís de Camões (c1524 - 1580)

Sete anos de pastor Jacob servia
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Sete anos de pastor Jacob servia
Labão, pai de Raquel, serrana bela;
Mas não servia ao pai, servia a ela,
E a ela só por prémio pretendia.

Os dias, na esperança de um só dia,
Passava, contentando-se com vê-la;
Porém o pai, usando de cautela,
Em lugar de Raquel lhe dava Lia.

Vendo o triste pastor que com enganos
Lhe fora assim negada a sua pastora,
Como se a não tivera merecida,

Começa de servir outros sete anos,
Dizendo: -- Mais servira, se não fora
Para tão longo amor tão curta a vida!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Luís de Camões (c1524 - 1580), "Sete anos de pastor Jacob servia" [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 Berta Alves de Sousa (1906 - 1997), "Sete Anos de Pastor", 1966 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Paulo Florence (1864 - 1949), "Sete anos de pastor", 192-? [ voice and piano ], from Cinco sonetos, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Glauco Velasquez (1883 - 1914), "Sete anos de pastor", op. 108 (1913) [ voice and chamber orchestra or piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-06-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 92

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