Carlos Drummond de Andrade: 12 phrases and 5 poems –

Without a doubt one of the greatest names in Brazilian literature, Carlos Drummond de Andrade was born in 1902 in Itabira do Mato Dentro, Minas Gerais. Always interested in words and nonconformist by nature (he was even expelled from school in 1919 for “mental insubordination” lol), he was enchanted in his career by dealing with themes that are always current: unbridled progress, human restlessness and, of course, love!

Also read: 32 love phrases and songs to inspire you

Speaking simply and with a touch of humor and lightness, this great poet from the second generation of modernism in Brazil enchants us with his simplicity full of feeling and frankness.

If you like literature and admire a beautiful poem, Drummond is a dish full of surprises for your soul! We selected some of the best love phrases by Carlos Drummond de Andrade for you to have a more beautiful day, get inspired or even put in your personalized Map of My Heaven frame to honor that special person, how about that? ?

Love phrases by Carlos Drummond de Andrade

“Our capacity to love is limited, and love is infinite; this is the drama.”

“I don’t know how to love halfway, I don’t know how to live with lies, I don’t know how to fly with my feet on the ground.”

“I want you to tell me every day of the year, every day of your life, every half hour, every five minutes: I love you.”

“It doesn’t matter the distance that separates us, if there is a sky that unites us.”

“If you know how to explain what you feel, you don’t love, because love escapes all possible explanations.”

“The world is big and fits in this window over the sea. The sea is big and fits on the bed and mattress to love. Love is great and fits in the brief space of kissing.”

“There are several reasons not to love someone and only one reason to love them.”

So, pay attention to the signs – don’t let the craziness of everyday life leave you blind to the best thing in life: LOVE.

“Love is learned by loving”

“If the first and last thought of your day is that person, if the desire to be together touches your heart: it is love!”

“With you I learned and learn every day what it takes to be happy, to truly love.”

“Every day I live, I become more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we don’t give, in the strength we don’t use, in the selfish prudence that risks nothing, and that, by avoiding suffering, we also lose happiness. Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”

Poems and excerpts from poems by Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Love and Its Time

Love is the privilege of mature people
stretched out on the narrowest bed,
which becomes the widest and grassiest,
brushing, in every pore, the sky of the body.

This is it, love: the unforeseen gain,
the subterranean and coruscating prize,
encrypted lightning reading,
that, once deciphered, nothing else exists.

worth it and the price of the terrestrial,
save the golden minute on the clock
Tiny, vibrating in the twilight.

Love is what you learn at the limit,
after archiving all the science
inherited, heard. Love starts late.

That’s what love is

“Carlos, calm down, love
this is what you are seeing:
today kiss, tomorrow don’t kiss,
the day after tomorrow is Sunday
and Monday no one knows
what will be.”

The No-Reasons of Love

“I love you because I love you,
You don’t need to be a lover,
and you don’t always know how to be.
I love you because I love you.
Love is a state of grace
and with love you can’t pay.”

Excerpt from “Love is Learned by Loving”

There is no time consumed
no time to save.
Time is all dressed
of love and time to love.

My time and yours, beloved,
transcend any measure.
Besides love, there is nothing,
loving is the essence of life.

…and to finish on a high note, in full:

Synthesis of happiness

I wish you
Fruit of the bush
Garden smell
Dating at the gate
Sunday without rain
Monday without a bad mood
Saturday with your love
Carlitos film
Drink with friends
Chronicle of Rubem Braga
Live without enemies
Old movie on TV
Having a special person
And may she like you
Music by Tom with lyrics by Chico
Free-range chicken in a country guesthouse
Hear a kind word
Have a pleasant surprise
Watch the Band go by
Full moon night
Revisit an old friendship
Have faith in God
Not having to hear the word no
Never ever and goodbye.
Laugh like a child
Listen to birdsong
Heal from a cold
Write a love poem
That will never be torn
Form an ideal pair
Take a waterfall bath
Get a nice tan
Learn a new song
Waiting for someone at the station
Cheese with guava
Sunset in the countryside
A party
A guitar
A serenade
Remember an old love
Always have a friendly shoulder
Clap with joy
A pleasant afternoon
Put on an old slipper
Sit in an old armchair
Play guitar for someone
Hear the rain on the roof
White wine
Bolero by Ravel
And much affection from me.