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Although Vinicius had established his public figure through poetry and popular song, he was one of the greatest prose writers of his generation. As a matter of fact, a generation where the good prose of that time was crystallized through a chronic genre extremely characterized by the style of Rio de Janeiro city.
With a large number of newspapers that circulated in the city and with a team of writers which would vary from Rubem Braga to Carlinhos de Oliveira, from Carlos Drummond de Andrade to Clarice Lispector, from Fernando Sabino to Nelson Rodrigues, Vinicius sit among them as a chronicler who transmitted to the prose, the same reasons and the same lightness of style that he presented to the public in his poems.
CANÇÃO PARA A AMIGA DORMINDO
Dorme, amiga, dorme
Teu sono de rosa
Uma paz imensa
Desceu nesta hora.
Cerra bem as pétalas
Do teu corpo imóvel
E pede ao silêncio
Que não vá embora.
Dorme, amiga, o sono
Teu de menininha
Minha vida é a tua
Tua morte é a minha.
Dorme e me procura
Na ausente paisagem...
Nela a minha imagem
Restará mais pura.
Dorme, minha amada
Teu sono de estrela
Nossa morte, nada
Poderá detê-la.
Mas dorme, que assim
Dormirás um dia
Na minha poesia
De um sono sem fim...