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by Mário de Andrade (1893 - 1945)

Não sei por que espírito antigo
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Não sei porque espírito antigo
Ficamos assim impossíveis...

A lua chapeia os mangues
Donde sai um favor de silêncio
E de maré.
És uma sombra que apalpo
Que nem um cortejo de castas rainhas.
Meus olhos vadiam nas lágrimas.
Te vejo coberta de estrelas,
Coberta de estrelas,
Meu amor!

Tua calma agrava o silêncio dos mangues...

Text Authorship:

  • by Mário de Andrade (1893 - 1945), "Não sei por que espírito antigo", appears in Os melhores poemas, in 4. Poemas da Negra, first published 1929 [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 Mozart Camargo Guarnieri (1907 - 1993), "Não sei por que espírito antigo", 1934, published 2004 [ voice and piano ], from Poemas da Negra, no. 1, SP: Goldberg [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-07-05
Line count: 12
Word count: 56

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