FLOWERS FROM THE HEART

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Reminiscences...

To Theodomiro Cruz' memory

In the same land in that you were born,
Very close to you, I was also born.
And as wife you wanted me,
Years later... when I grew.

You always were a companion
Strong in the fight. And, pioneer,
Everything you defeated in your life,
Always struggling, disputed fight.

In your lyrics, you decanted me.
In beautiful verses, you told me:
Oh! sweet lover of my dreams;
I only want kisses of your lips...

So we lived... What a beautiful life!...
Oh! I´d rather you still being
Near me, telling me:
You are, o! flower, my life!...

In the beautiful afternoons, at the sunset,
We went together to see the red glow
And we contemplated, so sweetly,
This so resplendent spectacle!...

This way, such beautiful days were finished!
Under the curtain of dense clouds,
I live listening the melodies
That you said and that to the mind come.

Belo Horizonte
8th - 9 - 1950