Alma Minha Lyrics

Alma minha gentil, que te partiste
tão cedo desta vida descontente,
repousa lá no Céu eternamente,
e viva eu cá na terra sempre triste. Se lá no assento etéreo, onde subiste,
memória desta vida se consente,
não te esqueças daquele amor ardenteRicardo Ribeiro - Alma Minha - http://motolyrics.com/ricardo-ribeiro/alma-minha-lyrics.html
que já nos olhos meus tão puro viste. E se vires que pode merecer te
algüa causa a dor que me ficou
da mágoa, sem remédio, de perder te, roga a Deus, que teus anos encurtou,
que tão cedo de cá me leve a ver te,
quão cedo de meus olhos te levou. Submitter's comments:  This was Amelia Rodrigues' song which is performed in this clip as a tribute to her. Poem is by LUIS VAZ DE CAMÕES (1524-1580), the glory of Portuguese literature, is also famous for his poetry in Spanish. He was born and died in Lisbon and through birth occupied a distinguished place at court until an unhappy love affair banished him from the city in 1547. He joined the army and later lost an eye at the naval battle of Ceuta. Returning from Goa in 1570, after persecution and imprisonment, he fell into poverty and obscurity and so died. His great work the Os Lusiadas (The Lusiads) was published first in 1572.