Never give all the heart
Never give all the heart, for love
Will hardly seem worth thinking of
To passionate women if it seem
Certain, and they never dream
That it fades out from kiss to kiss;
For everything that's lovely is
But a brief, dreamy, kind delight.
O never give the heart outright,
For they, for all smooth lips can say,
Have given their hearts up to the play.
And who could play it well enough
If deaf and dumb and blind with love?
He that made this knows all the cost,
For he gave all his heart and lost.
Never give all the heart, for love
Will hardly seem worth thinking of
To passionate women if it seem
Certain, and they never dream
That it fades out from kiss to kiss;
For everything that's lovely is
But a brief, dreamy, kind delight.
O never give the heart outright,
For they, for all smooth lips can say,
Have given their hearts up to the play.
And who could play it well enough
If deaf and dumb and blind with love?
He that made this knows all the cost,
For he gave all his heart and lost.
W. B. Yeats
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Nunca entregues o coração
Nunca entregues o coração todo, porque o amor
Nem será digno de consideração
Para as mulheres apaixonadas se lhes parecer
Certo, e elas nunca imaginam
Como se esvai de beijo em beijo;
Porque tudo o que é aprazível é
Apenas um breve deleite, gentil e sonhador.
Oh, nunca entregues o coração sem volta,
Pois elas, apesar do que dizem com lábios suaves,
Entregaram ao jogo seus corações.
E quem saberia ainda jogar bem
Se estivesse surdo e mudo e cego de amor?
Este que isto escreve fala do que é seu
Porque entregou o coração todo e perdeu.
Versão de Pedro Mexia (in Avalanche)
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