Manuel Bandeira

Madrigal Melancólico

O que eu adoro em ti,
Não é a tua beleza.
A beleza é em nós que existe.
A beleza é um conceito.
E a beleza é triste.
Não é triste em si,
Mas pelo que há nela de fragilidade e incerteza

O que eu adoro em ti,
Não é a tua inteligência,
Não é o teu espírito sutil,
Tão ágil e tão luminoso,
- Ave solta no céu matinal da montanha.
Nem é a tua ciência
Do coração dos homens e das coisas.

O que eu adoro em ti,
Não é a tua graça musical,
Sucessiva e renovada a cada momento,
Graça aérea como o teu próprio momento,
Graça que perturba e que satisfaz.

O que eu adoro em ti,
Não é a mãe que já perdi.
Não é a irmã que já perdi.
E nem meu pai.

O que eu adoro em tua natureza,
Não é o profundo instinto matinal
Em teu flanco aberto como uma ferida.
Nem a tua pureza. Nem a tua impureza.
O que adoro em ti lastima-me e consola-me:
O que eu adoro em ti, é a vida!

Manuel Bandeira
In: "O ritmo dissoluto"

Uma Simples Fotografia

Eu ainda estava entrando na adolescência quando descobri a escrita com a luz: a fotografia. Posso dizer que, de certa forma, eu me encontrei ou a fotografia me encontrou.

Don't Worry, Be Happy

Don't Worry, Be Happy - Mart'nália
Here's
A little song
I wrote
You might want
To sing it
Note for note
Don't worry
Be happy

In every life
We have some trouble
But when you worry
You make it double
Don't worry, be happy

Oo, ooo
Lá, lá, lá (3x)
Oo, ooo
Lá, lá, lá (3x)

Ain't got no place
To lay your head
Somebody came
And took your bed

Don't worry
Eu falei
Be happy (4x)
Oo, ooo

The land-lord say
Your rent is late
He may have
To litigate
Don't worry
Be happy

Don't worry
Pra não
Se estressar
Be happy
Pra se alegrar
Relax
Que tudo
Fica diferente

Stress faz adoecer
Amor rejuvenescer
Sorria mais
E leve a vida
Simplesmente

Ain't got no cash
Ain't got no style
Ain't got no girl
To make you smile
Liga não
Be happy

'Cause when you worry
Your face will frown
And that will bring
Everybody down
Don't worry
Deixa pra lá
Be happy

Oo, ooo
Lá, lá, lá (3x)
Olha a gentileza
Olha a gentileza

Oo, ooo
Lá, lá, lá (3x)
Simbóra
Don't worry
Oo, ooo
Lá, lá, lá (3x)

Oo, ooo
Lá, lá, lá (3x)
Deixa pra lá
Vem pra cá
O que é que tem?

Oo, ooo
Lá, lá, lá (3x)
É samba ou não é?
É samba...
Oo, ooo
Lá, lá, lá (3x)

Stay Strong

You're in the moment now
A bitter root
A wandering eye and then
The ties that bind start wearing thin, thin

You're in the moment now
When all you've been blessed with
Is not enough
Here's where the ground gets loose
Here's where the devils call your bluff

Stay strong
You are not lost
Come on and fix your eyes ahead
There's a new dawn to light our day, our day
You've gotta stay strong
You and I run
For the prize that lies ahead
We've come too far to lose our way, our way

We've seen the tragic flaws
The tortured souls
The saints with feet of clay
Here's where sin becomes cliche'

We've come through wilderness and watched
The cloud by day
The burning sky into dawn
Have you forgotten who you are?
Did you forget whose trip you're on?

Stay strong
You are not lost
Come on and fix your eyes ahead
There's a new dawn to light our day, our day
We've gotta stay strong
You and I run
For the prize that lies ahead
We've come too far to lose our way, our way

Get up, there's further to go
Get up, there's more to be done
Get up, this witness is sure
Get up, this race can be won
This race can be won

We've gotta stay strong
You are not lost
Come on and fix your eyes ahead
Our Father's dawn will light our day, our day
Come on and stay strong
His grip is sure
And His patience still endures
There'll be no letting go today, no way

Come on, and stay strong
You and I run
For the prize that lies ahead
We've come too far to lose our way, our way

Whereever Will You Go - A Casa do Lago

Seasons of Love

Uma das coisas mais lindas que já ouvi...

Seasons of Love (Rent)

Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Moments so dear
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure
Measure a year?
In daylights - in sunsets
In midnights - in cups of coffee
In inches - in miles
In laughter - in strife

In - five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure
A year in the life?

How about love?
How about love?
How about love?
measure in love
Seasons of love
Seasons of love

SOLOIST #1
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Journeys to plan
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life
Of a woman or a man?

SOLOIST #2
In truths that she learned
Or in times that he cried
In bridges he burned
Or the way that she died

ALL
It's time now - to sing out
Tho' the story never ends
Let's celebrate
Remember a year
In the life of friends
Remember the love
Remember the love
Remember the love
Measure in love

SOLOIST #1
Measure
Measure your life in love
Seasons of love
Seasons of love

Meu filho: minha arte maior.