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by Antônio Gonçalves Dias (1823 - 1864)

Um velho Timbira, coberto de glória
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Um velho Timbira, coberto de glória,
guardou a memória
Do moço guerreiro, do velho Tupi!
E à noite, nas tabas, se alguém duvidava
do que ele contava,
Dizia prudente: - "Meninos, eu vi!
"Eu vi o brioso no largo terreiro
cantar prisioneiro
Seu canto de morte, que nunca esqueci:
Valente, como era, chorou sem ter pejo;
parece que o vejo,
Que o tenho nest'hora diante de mim.
"Eu disse comigo: Que infâmia d'escravo!
Pois não, era um bravo;
Valente e brioso, como ele, não vi!
E à fé que vos digo: parece-me encanto
Que quem chorou tanto,
Tivesse a coragem que tinha o Tupi!"
Assim o Timbira, coberto de glória,
guardava a memória
Do moço guerreiro, do velho Tupi.
E à noite nas tabas, se alguém duvidava
do que ele contava,
Tomava prudente: "Meninos, eu vi!"

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Text Authorship:

  • by Antônio Gonçalves Dias (1823 - 1864), no title, appears in Juca Pirama, no. 10 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-08-01
Line count: 24
Word count: 135

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