Confidência do Itabirano

Carlos Drummond de Andrade Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Confidence of the Itabirano

I lived in Itabira for some years.
Mainly, I was born in Itabira.
That's why I'm sad, proud: of iron.
Ninety percent of iron in the sidewalks.
Eighty percent of iron in the souls.
And this aloofness from what in life is porosity and communication.

The desire to love, which paralyzes my work,
comes from Itabira, from its white nights, without women and without horizons.

And the habit of suffering, which amuses me so much,
is a sweet Itabiran inheritance.

From Itabira, I brought various gifts that I now offer you:
this iron stone, future steel of Brazil,
this Saint Benedict from the old sculptor Alfredo Duval;
this tapir leather, spread on the living room sofa;
this pride, this bowed head...

I had gold, I had cattle, I had farms.
Today, I am a civil servant.
Itabira is just a photograph on the wall.
But how it hurts!

  1. As Sem - Razões do Amor
  2. O Elefante
  3. Campo de Flores
  4. Consolo Na Praia
  5. O Mito
  6. Canção Amiga
  7. Infância
  8. Obrigado
  9. Canção Final
  10. Mãos Dadas
View all Carlos Drummond de Andrade songs

Most popular topics in Carlos Drummond de Andrade songs

Related artists

  1. Jambao
    Jambao
  2. Djavan
    Djavan
  3. Maria Bethânia
    Maria Bethânia
  4. Chico Buarque
    Chico Buarque
  5. Jorge Ben Jor
    Jorge Ben Jor
  6. Ferreira Gullar
    Ferreira Gullar
  7. Elis Regina
    Elis Regina
  8. Ednaldo Pereira
    Ednaldo Pereira