Língua Portuguesa Lyrics Translation in English

Olavo Bilac
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Portuguese Lyrics

English Translation

Última flor do lácio, inculta e bela

Last flower of Latium, uncultured and beautiful

És, a um tempo, esplendor e sepultura

You are, at once, splendor and tomb

Ouro nativo, que na ganga impura

Native gold, which in impure ore

A bruta mina entre os cascalhos vela

The brute mine guards among the pebbles


Amo-te assim, desconhecida e obscura

I love you thus, unknown and obscure

Tuba de alto clangor, lira singela

Trumpet of high clangor, simple lyre

Que tens o tom e o silvo da procela

That has the tone and the whistle of the storm

E o arrolo da saudade e da ternura

And the murmur of longing and tenderness


Amo o teu viço agreste e o teu aroma

I love your wild vigor and your aroma

De virgens selvas e de oceano largo

Of virgin forests and vast ocean

Amo-te, ó rude e doloroso idioma

I love you, oh rough and painful language


Em que da voz materna ouvi: Meu filho

In which from the maternal voice I heard: My son

E em que Camões chorou, no exílio amargo

And in which Camões wept, in bitter exile

O gênio sem ventura e o amor sem brilho

The genius without fortune and love without brightness

Added by Carla Sousa
São Paulo, Brazil July 2, 2024
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