Speak low
when you speak, love
Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon
Speak low when you speak, love
Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we're swept apart, too soon
Speak low, darling, speak low
Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon
I feel wherever I go
That tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here and always too soon
Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief
We're late, darling, we're late
The curtain descends, everything ends too soon, too soon
I wait, darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon
Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief
We're late, darling, we're late
The curtain descends, everything ends too soon, too soon
I wait, darling, I wait
Will you speak low to me, speak love to me and soon
Speak low
Música: Armando
Carlos da Silva Marta (1940-2007)
Letra: 1ª quadra de Fernanda de Castro, adaptada por Armando
Carlos da Silva Marta;
2ª quadra de Armando Carlos da Silva Marta
Incipit: Ó rio das águas claras
Origem: Coimbra
Data: ca. 1960
Ó rio das águas claras
Que te vais lançar no mar!
Não leves minha alegria,
Leva antes meu penar.
Ó meu amor, minha vida,
Como vivo amargurado...
Só, numa ilha perdida,
E a saudade a meu lado.
Canta-se o 1.º dístico, repete-se; canta-se o 2.º e bisa-se.
Informação complementar:
Canção musical estrófica em compasso 4/4 e tom de Si Menor, gravada por 1962 e
comercializada em 1963 pelo tenor Armando Marta.