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by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968)

Vou‑me embora pra Pasárgada
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Vou-me embora pra Pasárgada
Lá sou amigo do rei
Lá tenho a mulher que eu quero
Na cama que escolherei
Vou-me embora pra Pasárgada

Vou-me embora pra Pasárgada
Aqui não sou feliz
Lá a existência é uma aventura
De tal modo inconseqüente
Que Joana a Louca de Espanha
Rainha e falsa demente
Vem a ser contraparente
Da nora que nunca tive

E como farei ginástica
Andarei de bicicleta
Montarei em burro brabo
Subirei no pau-de-sebo
Tomarei banhos de mar!
E quando estiver cansado
Deito na beira do rio
Mando chamar a mãe-d'água
Pra me contar as histórias
Que no tempo de eu menino
Rosa vinha me contar
Vou-me embora pra Pasárgada

Em Pasárgada tem tudo
É outra civilização
Tem um rocesso seguro
De impedir a concepção
Tem telefone automático
Tem alcalóide à vontade
Tem prostitutas bonitas
Para a gente namorar

E quando eu estiver mais triste
Mais triste de não ter jeito
Quando de noite me der
Vontade de me matar
- Lá sou amigo do rei -
Terei a mulher que eu quero
Na cama que escolherei
Vou-me embora pra Pasárgada 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968), "Vou-me embora pra Pasárgada" [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 César Guerra-Peixe (1914 - 1993), "Vou-me embora para Pasárgada" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-08-05
Line count: 41
Word count: 180

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