Written by Angenor de Oliveira, also know as "Cartola" , on his 65th birthday, "As Rosas Não Falam" is one of his greatest hits, being published in 1976. Althought being one of the bigests samba artists in the history of Brazil, he only became notorius when old, as these type of songs were usualy sold to more famous artists.
The painting is "October", by Karoly Ferenczy.

"“As Rosas Não Falam” has a beautiful story. One day Dona Zica, Cartola's wife, got a few seedlings of roses. She decided to plant them in the garden and a few days later, when she opened the door in the morning, she was ecstatic with the amount of blooming roses. Then he called Cartola and asked:

- Cartola, come see! Why has so much roses born?

Cartola then replied:

- I don't know, Zica. The roses don't speak…

The phrase was brooding in the poet's head. Then he the guitar and the music started almost immediately. He was three days away from his 65th birthday. Cartola then said that "As Rosas Não Falam" was his birthday present." Translated from: [ Ссылка ]

Original Lyrics:
Bate outra vez
Com esperanças o meu coração
Pois já vai terminando o verão
Enfim

Volto ao jardim
Com a certeza que devo chorar
Pois bem sei que não queres voltar
Para mim

Queixo-me às rosas
Mas que bobagem
As rosas não falam
Simplesmente as rosas exalam
O perfume que roubam de ti, ai

Devias vir
Para ver os meus olhos tristonhos
E, quem sabe, sonhavas meus sonhos
Por fim

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