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by Luís de Camões (c1524 - 1580)

Na fonte está Leonor
Language: Portuguese (Português) 
Na fonte está Leonor
Lavando a talha e chorando,
Às amigas perguntando:
Vistes lá o meu amor
 
Posto o pensamento nele,
Porque a tudo o Amor obriga,
Cantava, mas a cantiga
Eram suspiros por ele.
Nisto estava Leonor
O seu desejo enganado,
Às amigas perguntando:
Vistes lá o meu amor?
 
O rosto sobre uma mão,
Os olhos no chão pregados,
Que, do chorar já cansados,
Algum descanso lhe dão.
Desta sorte Leonor
Suspende de quando em quando
Sua dor, e, em si tornando,
Mais pesada sente a dor.
 
Não deita dos olhos água,
Que não quer que a dor se abrande
Amor, porque em mágoa grande
Seca as lágrimas a mágoa.
Despois que de seu amor
Soube novas perguntando,
D' improviso a vi chorando.
Olhai que extremos de dor!

Text Authorship:

  • by Luís de Camões (c1524 - 1580) [author's text not yet checked 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 Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos (1910 - 1974), "Na fonte está Leonor" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-12-01
Line count: 28
Word count: 129

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