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O Guarani 19.58 · 19.58

An aged Indian woman

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A pessoa que modulava esta canção selvagem era uma índia já idosa; encostada a uma árvore da floresta ela vira por entre a folhagem a cena que passava na esplanada.

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The person who was singing this wild song was an already aged Indian woman; leaning against a tree of the forest she had seen, through the foliage, the scene that was passing on the esplanade.

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