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about
An omen of death. This is one of the ways one could describe “Ismália”, a poem by Brazilian symbolist poet Alphonsus de Guimaraens. Carrying us through the nocturnal symbols of the moon, the night sky, the sea, the angel and the tower, the suggestion of death is always lurking as an underlying theme to the poem for the “woman gone mad”. On this song, Andras Atlason provides a rich arrangement which, with frequent changes in tempo, texture, tonal center and instrumentation, attempts to illustrate the stark narrative of the original poem in its different shades of colour and expression; a song as “close to the sky” as “far from the sea”.
lyrics
Quando Ismália enlouqueceu,
Pôs-se na torre a sonhar...
Viu uma lua no céu,
Viu outra lua no mar.
No sonho em que se perdeu,
Banhou-se toda em luar...
Queria subir ao céu,
Queria descer ao mar...
E, no desvario seu,
Na torre pôs-se a cantar...
Estava perto do céu,
Estava longe do mar...
E como um anjo pendeu
As asas para voar...
Queria a lua do céu,
Queria a lua do mar...
As asas que Deus lhe deu
Ruflaram de par em par...
Sua alma subiu ao céu,
Seu corpo desceu ao mar...
credits
released September 2, 2022
Composer: Andras Atlason
Author (lyricist/poet): Alphonsus Guimaraens
Arranger: Andras Atlason
Producer: Andras Atlason
Mix: Andras Atlason
Master: André Prodóssimo
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