domingo, 15 de maio de 2016

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

quinta-feira, 18 de fevereiro de 2016

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

domingo, 14 de fevereiro de 2016

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.



quinta-feira, 11 de fevereiro de 2016

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