Carlos Drummond de Andrade's most famous lines
The top 3 according to 68 votes from people: In the middle of the road there was a stone / there was a stone in the middle of the road · Itabira is just a photograph on the wall. / But how it hurts! · World, world, vast world, / if my name were Raimundo / it would be a rhyme, it would not be a solution.. (Updated Aug 26, 2022.)
From the stone in the middle of the road to "And now, José?" and the crooked angel who told Carlos to be gauche in life: the lines by Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1902–1987) that every Brazilian knows by heart, with the poem and the book.
Automatically translated (original in Português). See the original
Top 13
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1
In the middle of the road there was a stone / there was a stone in the middle of the road
Poem "In the Middle of the Road", from Alguma Poesia (1930).
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2
Itabira is just a photograph on the wall. / But how it hurts!
Poem "Confession of a Man from Itabira", from Sentimento do Mundo (1940).
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3
World, world, vast world, / if my name were Raimundo / it would be a rhyme, it would not be a solution.
Poem "Seven-Sided Poem", from Alguma Poesia (1930).
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4
Time is my material, present time, present men, / present life.
Poem "Hand in Hand", from Sentimento do Mundo (1940).
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5
João loved Teresa who loved Raimundo / who loved Maria who loved Joaquim who loved Lili / who loved no one.
Poem "Square Dance", from Alguma Poesia (1930).
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6
When I was born, a crooked angel, / one of those who live in the shadows, / said: Go, Carlos, be gauche in life!
Poem "Seven-Sided Poem", from Alguma Poesia (1930).
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7
And now, José? / The party's over, / the lights are out, / the people are gone, / the night has turned cold.
Poem "José", from José (1942).
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8
I have only two hands / and the feeling of the world.
Poem "Feeling of the World", from Sentimento do Mundo (1940).
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9
Love is what one learns at the limit, / after filing away all knowledge / inherited, heard. Love begins late.
Poem "Love and Its Time", from As Impurezas do Branco (1973).
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10
There comes a time when one no longer says: my God.
Poem "The Shoulders Bear the World", from Sentimento do Mundo (1940).
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11
Loving what is lost / leaves this heart / bewildered.
Poem "Memory", from Claro Enigma (1951).
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12
Fighting with words / is the vainest fight.
Poem "The Fighter", from José (1942).
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13
There are many reasons not to love a person, and only one to love them; that one prevails.
Aphorism from O Avesso das Coisas (1987).
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