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by Antônio Salles (1868 - 1940)

Seu corpo virginal desfalecia
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Seu corpo virginal desfalecia
lembrando a breve morte das falenas
Às quais a truculenta ventania
arranca as asas frágeis e pequenas.

Em torno ao leito cor das açucenas
Cercado pelos seus como que havia
Um suave ruflar d'etéreas penas
Era talvez sua alma que partia.

Ia fora a lua amortalhava o mundo
E então subiu no azul pálido e fundo
O seu ai derradeiro exangue e lento.

A alma fugiu enfim do corpo d'ela
E logo cintilou mais uma estrela
Na infinda vastidão do firmamento.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Antônio Salles (1868 - 1940), "Morta" [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 Alberto Nepomuceno (1864 - 1920), "Morta (Trovas do Norte)", 1896, published [1998] [voice and piano], Rio de Janeiro: FBN/ DIMAS [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-07-18
Line count: 14
Word count: 85

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