Num Monumento à Aspirina

Claramente: o mais prático dos sóis,

o sol de um comprimido de aspirina:

de emprego fácil, portátil e barato,

compacto de sol na lápide sucinta.

Principalmente porque, sol artificial,

que nada limita a funcionar de dia,

que a noite não expulsa, cada noite,

sol imune às leis de meteorologia,

a toda a hora em que se necessita dele

levanta e vem (sempre num claro dia):

acende, para secar a aniagem da alma,

quará-la, em linhos de um meio-dia…

João Cabral de Melo Neto

Tecendo a Manhã

Um galo sozinho não tece uma manhã:

ele precisará sempre de outros galos.

De um que apanhe esse grito que ele

e o lance a outro; de um outro galo

que apanhe o grito de um galo antes

e o lance a outro; e de outros galos

que com muitos outros galos se cruzem

os fios de sol de seus gritos de galo,

para que a manhã, desde uma teia tênue,

se vá tecendo, entre todos os galos.

E se encorpando em tela, entre todos,

se erguendo tenda, onde entrem todos,

se entretendendo para todos, no toldo

(a manhã) que plana livre de armação.

A manhã, toldo de um tecido tão aéreo

que, tecido, se eleva por si: luz balão.

João Cabral de Melo Neto 

Andre Rieu & Carmen Monarcha - Ave Maria (J.S. Bach-Charles Gounod)

Ave Maria, gratia plena.

Dominus tecum.

Benedicta tu in mulieribus,

Et benedictus fructus ventris,

Ventris tui, Jesus.

Sancta Maria,

Sancta Maria,

Maria

Ora pro nobis,

Nobis peccatoribus,

Nunc et in hora Mortis nostrae.

Amen, Amen

Andre Rieu & Carmen Monarcha - Un Bel Di Vedremo

André Rieu & Carmen Monarcha - Habanera

Carmen Monarcha - La Vie En Rose

Des yeux qui font baisser les miens,

Un rire qui se perd sur sa bouche.

Voila le portrait sans retouche,

De l'homme auquel, j'appartiens,

Quand il me prend dans ses bras

Il me parle tout bas

Je vois la vie en rose.

Il me dit des mots d'amour,

Des mots de tous les jours,

Et ça me fait quelque chose.

Il est entré dans mon coeur

Une part de bonheur

Dont je connais la cause.

C'est lui pour moi,

Moi pour lui dans la vie,

Il me l'a dit, m'a juré pour la vie.

Et, dès que je l'aperçois

Alors je sens dans moi

Mon coeur qui bat,

Des nuits d'amour à ne plus en finir

Un grand bonheur qui prend sa place

Des enuis des chagrins s'effacent

Heureux, heureux en mourir.

Quand il me prend dans ses bras,

Il me parle tout bas,

Je vois la vie en rose.

Il me dit des mots d'amour,

Des mots de tous les jours,

Et ça me fait quelque chose.

Il est entré dans mon Coeur,

Une part de bonheur,

Dont je connais la cause.

C'est toi pour moi,

Moi pour toi dans la vie,

Il me l'a dit, m'a juré pour la vie.

Et, dès que je l'aperçois

Alors je sens dans moi

Mon coeur qui bat.

Lalalala Lalalala

La La La La

Nina Simone- I Put Spell On You

I put a spell on you..

'Cause you're mine.

You better stop the things you do..

I ain't lyin'

No I ain't lyin'...

You know I can't stand it,

You're runnin' around.

You know better daddy..

I can't stand it cause you put me down.

I put a spell on you..

Because you're mine...

You're mine..

I love ya..

I love you..

I love you...

I love you anyhow..

And I don't care.

if you don't want me,

I'm yours right now...

You hear me,

I put a spell on you..

Because you're mine...

It's a man's world - Luciano Pavarotti & James Brown

It's A Man's Man's Man's World

This is a man's world, this is a man's world

But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl

You see, man made the cars to take us over the road

Man made the trains to carry heavy loads

Man made electric light to take us out of the dark

Man made the boat for the water, like Noah made the ark

This is a man's, a man's, a man's world

But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl

Man thinks about a little baby girls and a baby boys

Man makes then happy 'cause man makes them toys

And after man has made everything, everything he can

You know that man makes money to buy from other man

This is a man's world

But it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl

He's lost in the wilderness

He's lost in bitterness

Said I Loved You...But I Lied - Michael Bolton

"You are the candle love's the flame

A fire that burns through the wind and rain

Shine your lights on this heart of mine

Till the end of time

You came to me like the dawn through the night

Just shining like the sun

Out of my dreams and in to my life

You are the one you are the one.

Said I loved you But I lied

Cause this is more than love I feel inside

Said I loved you but I was wrong

Cause love can never ever feel so strong.

Said I loved you but I lied.

With all my soul I've tried in vain

How can mere words my heart explain

This tastes of heaven so deep so true

That I've found in you

So many reasons in so many ways

My life has just begun

Need you forever that I need you to stay

You are the one you are the one

Said I loved you but I lied

Cause this is more than love I feel inside

Said I loved you but I was wrong

Cause love can never ever feel so strong.

Said I loved you but I lied

You came to me like the dawn through the night

Just shining like the sun

Out of my dreams and into my life

You are the one you are the one

Said I loved you but I lied

Cause this is more than love I feel inside

Said I loved you but I was wrong

Cause love can never ever feel so strong

Said I loved you, cause this is more than love I feel

inside

Said I loved you... But I lied"

When a Man Loves a Woman - Michael Bolton

When a man loves a woman

Can't keep his mind on nothin'else

He'd trade the world

For a good thing he's found

If she is bad, he can't see it

She can do no wrong

Turn his back on his best friend

If he puts her down

When a man loves a woman

Spend his very last dime

Trying to hold on to what he needs

He'd given up all his comfort

And sleep out in the rain

If she said that's the way

It ought to be

When a man loves a woman

I give you everything I've got (yeah)

Trying to hold on to your precious love

Baby, baby please don't treat me bad

When a man loves a woman

Deep down in his soul

She can bring him such misery

If she is playing him for a fool

He's the last one to know

Loving eyes can never see

Yes when a man loves a woman

I know exactly how he feels

'Cause, baby, baby, baby

I am a man

When a man loves a woman (repeat...)

You'llSee - Madonna

You think that I can't live without your love

You'll see,

You think I can't go on another day.

You think I have nothing

Without you by my side,

You'll see

Somehow, some way

You think that I can never laugh again

You'll see,

You think that you've destroyed my faith in love.

You think after all you've done

I'll never find my way back home,

You'll see

Somehow, someday

All by myself

I don't need anyone at all

I know I'll survive

I know I'll stay alive,

All on my own

I don't need anyone this time

It will be mine

No one can take it from me

You'll see

You think that you are strong, but you are weak

You'll see,

It takes more strength to cry, admit defeat.

I have truth on my side,

You only have deceit

You'll see, somehow, someday

All by myself

I don't need anyone at all

I know I'll survive

I know I'll stay alive,

I'll stand on my own

I won't need anyone this time

It will be mine

No one can take it from me

You'll see

You'll see, you'll see

You'll see, mmmm, mmmm

Live To Tell - Madonna

I have a tale to tell.

Sometimes it gets so hard

to hide it well.

I was not ready for the fall

Too blind to see the writing on the wall.

A man can tell a thousand lies

I've learned my lesson well.

Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned

Till then it will burn inside of me.

I know where beauty lives.

I've seen it once

I know the warm she gives.

The light that you could never see.

It shines inside you can't take that from me.

A man can tell a thousand lies

I've learned my lesson well

Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned

Till then it will burn inside of me.

The truth is never far behind

you kept it hidden well.

If I live to tell the secret I knew then

Will I ever have the chance again?

If I ran away I'd never have the strength

to go very far.

How would they hear

the beating of my heart?

Will it go cold (will it go cold?)

the secret that I hide - will I grow old?

How would they hear?

When will they learn.?

How would they know?

A man can tell a thousand lies

I've learned my lesson well.

Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned

Till then it will burn inside of me.

The truth is never far behind

you kept it hidden well.

If I live to tell the secret I knew then

Will I ever have the chance again?

Papa Don't Preach - Madonna

Papa I know you're going to be upset

'Cause I was always your little girl

But you should know by now

I'm not a baby

You always taught me right from wrong

I need your help, daddy please be strong

I maybe young at heart

But I know what I'm saying

The one you warned me all about

The one you said I could do without

We're in an awful mess, and I don't mean maybe - please

Papa don't preach, I'm in trouble deep

Papa don't preach, I've been losing sleep

But I made up my mind, I'm keeping my baby, oh

I'm gonna keep my baby, mm

He says that he's going to marry me

We can raise a little family

Maybe we'll be all right

It's a sacrifice

But my friends keep telling me to give it up

Saying I'm too young, I ought to live it up

What I need right now is some good advice, please

Daddy, daddy if you could only see

Just how good he's been treating me

You'd give us your blessing right now

'Cause we are in love, we are in love, so please

Papa don't preach, I'm in trouble deep

Papa don't preach, I've been losing sleep

Oh, I'm gonna keep my baby, ooh

Don't you stop loving me daddy

»«

I know, I'm keeping my baby

La Isla Bonita - Madonna

(Spoken:)

Como puede ser verdad

How could it be true?

Last night I dreamt of San Pedro

Just like I'd never gone, I knew the song

A young girl with eyes like the desert

It all seems like yesterday, not far away

Chorus:

Tropical the island breeze

All of nature wild and free

This is where I long to be

La isla bonita

And when the samba played

The sun would set so high

Ring through my ears and sting my eyes

Your Spanish lullaby

The beautiful island

I fell in love with San Pedro

Warm wind carried on the sea, he called to me

Te dijo te amo

I prayed that the days would last

They went so fast

He told you, "I love you"

(chorus)

I want to be where the sun warms the sky

When it's time for siesta you can watch them go by

Beautiful faces, no cares in this world

Where a girl loves a boy, and a boy loves a girl

Last night I dreamt of San Pedro

It all seems like yesterday, not far away

(chorus twice)

La la la la la la la

Te dijo te amo

La la la la la la la

El dijo que te ama

He told you, "I love you"

He said he loves you

If you go away - Patricia Kaas

If you go away on this summer day,

Then you might as well take the sun away

All the birds that flew in the summer sky

When our love was new

And our hearts were high

When the day was young,

And the night was long

And the moon stood still

For the night bird song

If you go away, if you go away

If you go away

But if you stay, I'll make you a day

Like no day has been or will be again

We'll sail on the sun, we'll ride on the rain

We'll talk to the trees that worship the wind

And if you go, I'll understand

Leave me just enough love to fill up my hand

If you go away, if you go away

If you go away

If you go away, as I know you must,

There'll be nothing left in the world to trust

Just an empty room filled with empty space

Like the empty look I see on your face

Can I tell you now, as you turn to go

I'll be dying slowly 'til your next hello

If you go away, if you go away

If you go away

But if you stay, I'll make you a night

Like no night has been or will be again

I'll sail on your smile

I'll ride on your touch

I'll talk to your eyes, that I love so much

But if you go, I won't cry,

The good's gone from goodbye

If you go away, if you go away

If you go away

Olivia Ong - Bossa Nova

Olivia Ong - Bossa Nova

Soldier Of Fortune - Deep Purple

 

I have often told you stories about the way

I lived the life of a drifter waiting for the day

When I'd take your hand and sing you songs

And maybe you would say

Come lay with me and love me

And I would surely stay

But I feel I'm growing older

And the songs that I have sung

Echo in the distance

Like the sound

Of a windmill going round

Guess I'll always be

A soldier of fortune.

Many times I've been a traveller

I looked for something new

In days of old when nights were cold

I wandered without you

Those days I thought my eyes

Had seen you standing near

Though blindness is confusing

It shows that you're not here.

Now I feel I'm growing older

And the songs that I have sung

Echo in the distance

Like the sound

Of a windmill going round

Guess I'll always be

A soldier of fortune

Yes, I can hear the sound

Of a windmill going round

I guess I'll always be

A soldier of fortune.

I guess I'll always be

A soldier of fortune.

Saudade

Segue-me noite e dia o teu desejo!...

Oiço a tua voz rúbida e cantante

Suplicar-me a carícia do meu beijo,

numa teima exigente e perturbante!

E o meu corpo vencido, dominado,

vai tombar doloroso, inconsciente,

sobre a lembrança morna do passado

- e fica-se a sonhar... perdidamente!

Judith Teixeira, in 'Antologia Poética'

Tateio

Tateio. A fronte. O braço. O ombro.

O fundo sortilégio da omoplata.

Matéria-menina a tua fronte e eu

Madurez, ausência nos teus claros

Guardados.

Ai, ai de mim. Enquanto caminhas

Em lúcida altivez, eu já sou o passado.

Esta fronte que é minha, prodigiosa

De núpcias e caminho

É tão diversa da tua fronte descuidada.

Tateio. E a um só tempo vivo

E vou morrendo. Entre terra e água

Meu existir anfíbio. Passeia

Sobre mim, amor, e colhe o que me resta:

Noturno girassol. Rama secreta.

Hilda Hilst, in 'Preludios-Intensos para os Desmemoriados do Amor'

Ama-me

Aos amantes é lícito a voz desvanecida.

Quando acordares, um só murmúrio sobre o teu ouvido:

Ama-me. Alguém dentro de mim dirá: não é tempo, senhora,

Recolhe tuas papoulas, teus narcisos. Não vês

Que sobre o muro dos mortos a garganta do mundo

Ronda escurecida?

Não é tempo, senhora. Ave, moinho e vento

Num vórtice de sombra. Podes cantar de amor

Quando tudo anoitece? Antes lamenta

Essa teia de seda que a garganta tece.

Ama-me. Desvaneço e suplico. Aos amantes é lícito

Vertigens e pedidos. E é tão grande a minha fome

Tão intenso meu canto, tão flamante meu preclaro tecido

Que o mundo inteiro, amor, há de cantar comigo.

Hilda Hilst, in 'Preludios-Intensos para os Desmemoriados do Amor'

Feliz Só Será

Feliz só será

A alma que amar.

Estar alegre

E triste,

Perder-se a pensar,

Desejar

E recear

Suspensa em penar,

Saltar de prazer,

De aflição morrer —

Feliz só será

A alma que amar.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in "Canções"

Tradução de Paulo Quintela