Speak Low

Podia ter escolhido uma das dezenas de interpretações de cantores de jazz que, desde Billy Holiday, cantaram este belo tema de Ogden Nash e Kurt Weill. Escolhi esta por duas razões: A qualidade e clareza da prestação de Anne Sofie von Otter (voz) e Svante Henryson (cello) e pelos arrepios na nuca que me provocou.
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Time is so old and love so brief
Love is pure gold and time a thief
We're late, darling, we're late
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Speak low when you speak,

Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon

Speak low when you speak, love

Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we're swept apart, too soon

Speak low, darling, speak low

Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon

I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here and always too soon

Time is so old and love so brief

Love is pure gold and time a thief

We're late, darling, we're late

The curtain descends, ev'rything ends too soon, too soon

I wait, darling, I wait

Will you speak low to me, and love and soon

Speak low when you speak,

Our summer day withers away too soon, too soon

Speak low when you speak, love

Our moment is swift, like ships adrift, we're swept apart, too soon

Speak low, darling, speak low

Love is a spark, lost in the dark too soon, too soon

I feel wherever I go that tomorrow is near, tomorrow is here and always too soon

Time is so old and love so brief

Love is pure gold and time a thief

We're late, darling, we're late

The curtain descends, ev'rything ends too soon, too soon

I wait, darling, I wait

Will you speak low to me, and love and soon