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Pudor
Portuguese source: Ronald de Carvalho

Não digas que a vida é boa nem que é má.
Pobre Efêmero triste
Efêmero dolente...
A vida não é boa nem é má
a vida é indiferente...

Shame
English translation © Lorena Paz Nieto

Don’t say that life is good or life is bad.
Poor, fleeting sadness,
Painfully ephemeral…
Life is neither good nor bad;
Life is indifferent…

Pudor
Portuguese source: Ronald de Carvalho

Shame
English source: Lorena Paz Nieto

Não digas que a vida é boa nem que é má.
Don’t say that life is good or life is bad.
Pobre Efêmero triste
Poor, fleeting sadness,
Efêmero dolente...
Painfully ephemeral…
A vida não é boa nem é má
Life is neither good nor bad;
a vida é indiferente...
Life is indifferent…

Composer

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Heitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, pianist, and guitarist.

Poet

Ronald de Carvalho

Ronald de Carvalho was a Brazilian poet, writer, politician and diplomat from Rio de Janeiro.

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