Luís de Camões Quotes

Nô mais, Musa, nô mais, que a Lira tenho
Destemperada e a voz enrouquecida,
E não do canto, mas de ver que venho
Cantar a gente surda e endurecida.
O favor com que mais se acende o engenho
Não no dá a pátria, não, que está metida
No gosto da cobiça e na rudeza
Dũa austera, apagada e vil tristeza.

Quem vê, Senhora, claro e manifesto
o lindo ser de vossos olhos belos,
se não perder a vista só em vê-los,
já não paga o que deve a vosso gesto.

No more the summer of my life remains,
My autumn's lengthening evenings chill my veins;
Down the black stream of years by woes on woes
Winged on, I hasten to the tomb's repose...

Ó grandes e gravíssimos perigos!
Ó caminho de vida nunca certo!

Transforma-se o amador na cousa amada,
Por virtude do muito imaginar;
Não tenho, logo, mais que desejar,
Pois em mim tenho a parte desejada.

No star from above
nor flower in the field
seems to me as fair
as the one I love.

Com Amor a rosa,
Que tão fresca, &c.

Já no largo Oceano navegavam...

Certifico-te, ó Rei, que se contemplo
Como fui destas praias apartado,
Cheio dentro de dúvida e receio,
Que apenas nos meus olhos ponho o freio.

[Ah, Love...] which formed I don't know where,
That came I don't know how, and hurts I don't know why.

He spoke, and deep a lengthened sigh he drew,
A doleful sound, and vanished from the view:
The frightened billows gave a rolling swell,
And, distant far, prolonged the dismal yell;
Faint and more faint the howling echoes die,
And the black cloud dispersing leaves the sky.

For these vain honours, this false gold, give price
(Unless he have it in himself) to none,
Better deserve them, and to go without;
Than have them undeserved, without doubt.

Ever in this world saw I
Good men suffer grave torments,
But even more— Enough to terrify— Men who live out evil lives
Reveling in pleasure and in content.

The moon, full orbed, forsakes her watery cave,
And lifts her lovely head above the wave...

Great Sir, let never the astonished Gall
The English, German, and Italian,
Have cause to say, the fainting Portugal
Could not advance the great work he began.
Let your advisers be experienced all,
Such as have seen the world, and studied man.
For, though in science much contained be,
In special cases practice more doth see.