"Canção do exílio" is a poem written by Brazil

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ian Romantic

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 writer Gonçalves Dias in 1843

1843 in poetry

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, when he was in Portugal

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, studying Law

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 at the University of Coimbra. The poem is a famous example of the first phase of Brazilian Romanticism, that was marked by a heavy nationalism

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The poem was published in Dias' book Primeiros Cantos (First Chants), in 1846

1846 in literature

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. It was influenced by and loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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's ballad Mignon.

"Canção do exílio" is one of the most famous poems of Brazilian literature, being referenced and/or parodied by many other Brazilian authors. The lines "Nossos bosques têm mais vida,/Nossa vida mais amores" are even used in the national anthem of Brazil

Brazilian national anthem

The Brazilian national anthem was composed by Francisco Manuel da Silva in 1831 and had been given at least two sets of unofficial lyrics before a 1922 decree by President Epitácio Pessoa gave the anthem its definitive, official lyrics, by Osório Duque-Estrada, after several changes were made to...

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The poem

Original Portuguese Brazilian Portuguese Brazilian Portuguese is a group of Portuguese dialects written and spoken by most of the 190 million inhabitants of Brazil and by a few million Brazilian emigrants, mainly in the United States, United Kingdom, Portugal, Canada, Japan and Paraguay....

English translation

Minha terra tem palmeiras, Onde canta o sabiá. As aves que aqui gorjeiam Não gorjeiam como lá. Nosso céu tem mais estrelas, Nossas várzeas têm mais flores. Nossos bosques têm mais vida, Nossa vida mais amores. Em cismar, sozinho, à noite, Mais prazer encontro eu lá. Minha terra tem palmeiras, Onde canta o sabiá. Minha terra tem primores Que tais não encontro eu cá; Em cismar — sozinho, à noite — Mais prazer encontro eu lá. Minha terra tem palmeiras, Onde canta o sabiá. Não permita Deus que eu morra Sem que eu volte para lá; Sem que desfrute os primores Que não encontro por cá; Sem qu'inda aviste as palmeiras Onde canta o sabiá.

My land has palm tree Arecaceae Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates... s, Where the thrush Thrush (bird) The thrushes, family Turdidae, are a group of passerine birds that occur worldwide.-Characteristics:Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds, inhabiting wooded areas, and often feed on the ground or eat small fruit. The smallest thrush may be the Forest Rock-thrush, at and...  sings. The birds that sing in here Do not sing as they do there. Our skies have more stars, Our valleys have more flowers. Our forests have more life, Our lives have more loves. In dreaming, alone, at night, I find more pleasure in there. My land has palm trees Where the thrush sings. My land has beauties Who cannot be found in here; In dreaming — alone, at night — I find more pleasure in there. My land has palm trees, Where the thrush sings. May God never allow That I die before I return; That I do not see the beauties That I cannot find in here; That I do not see the palm trees Where the thrush sings.

Well-known parodies, references and citations

The following is a list of the most famous parodies, reimaginings and citations of the poem, by another Brazilian authors.

• "Eu nasci além dos mares" and "Se eu tenho de morrer na flor dos anos" — Casimiro de Abreu
  Casimiro de Abreu
  Casimiro José Marques de Abreu was a Brazilian poet, novelist and playwright, adept of the "Ultra-Romanticism" movement...
  
  
• "Canto de regresso à pátria" — Oswald de Andrade
  Oswald de Andrade
  José Oswald de Andrade Souza was a Brazilian poet and polemicist. He was born and spent most of his life in São Paulo....
  
  
• "Europa, França e Bahia" — Carlos Drummond de Andrade
  Carlos Drummond de Andrade
  Carlos Drummond de Andrade was perhaps the most influential Brazilian poet of the 20th century. He has become something of a national poet; his poem "Canção Amiga" was printed on the 50 cruzados note...
  
  
• "Nova canção do exílio" — Carlos Drummond de Andrade
  Carlos Drummond de Andrade
  Carlos Drummond de Andrade was perhaps the most influential Brazilian poet of the 20th century. He has become something of a national poet; his poem "Canção Amiga" was printed on the 50 cruzados note...
  
  
• "Canção do exílio" — Murilo Mendes
  Murilo Mendes
  Murilo Mendes was an exponent of Modernist poetry in Brazil. He lived in Europe twice and died in Lisbon. His greatest connection in Europe though was to Rome...
  
  
• "Canção do expedicionário" — Guilherme de Almeida
  Guilherme de Almeida
  Guilherme de Andrade e Almeida was a lawyer, journalist, film critic, poet, essayist and Brazilian translator...
  
  
• "Uma canção" — Mário Quintana
  Mario Quintana
  Mario de Miranda Quintana , was a Brazilian writer and translator. He became known as the poet of "simple things", and his style is marked by irony, profundity and technical perfection. The main themes of his poetry include death, the lost childhood and time...
  
  
• "Jogos florais I" and "II" — Cacaso
• "Canção do exílio facilitada — José Paulo Paes
• "Lisboa: Aventuras" — José Paulo Paes
• "Sabiá" — music by Chico Buarque
  Chico Buarque
  Francisco Buarque de Hollanda , popularly known as Chico Buarque , is a singer, guitarist, composer, dramatist, writer and poet...
  
   and Tom Jobim
• "Terra das Palmeiras" — music by Taiguara
  Taiguara
  Taiguara Chalar da Silva , whose stage name was Taiguara, was a Brazilian singer and songwriter....