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by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968)

Desafio
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Não sou barqueiro de vela,
Mas sou um bom remador:
No lago de São Lourenço
Dei prova do meu valor!
Remando contra a corrente,
Ligeiro como a favor,
Contra a neblina enganosa,
Contra o vento zumbidor!
Sou nortista destemido,
Não gaúcho roncador:
No lago de São Lourenço
Dei prova do meu valor!
Uma só coisa faltava
No meu barco remador:
Ver assentado na popa
O vulto do meu amor...

Mas isso era bom demais
- Sorriso claro dos anjos,
Graça de Nosso Senhor!

Text Authorship:

  • by Manuel Bandeira (1886 - 1968), "Desafio", written 1938 [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 Edino Krieger (b. 1928), "Desafio", 1955, published 1983 [ voice and piano ], Rio de Janeiro: LK Produções Artísticas [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Francisco Mignone (1897 - 1986), "Desafio", 1942, published 1945 [ voice and piano ], from Quatro líricas (1942/43), no. 4, São Paulo: Litero-Musical Tupy [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-08-05
Line count: 19
Word count: 82

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