Adilia Lopes ( ) Portugal

A Woman of Thirty Years

you will love
my shiny
nose
my stretch-marks
my black-heads
the words I write
my eccentricities
and my cats as well
of my being a single woman
or you will not love me.

*****

La Femme De Trente Ans


Amarás
o meu nariz
brilhante
as minhas estrias
os meus pontos pretos
os meus textos
os meus achaques
e as minhas manias
e as minhas gatas
de solteirona
ou não me amarás

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Reconciling with Memories

In the mirror I see myself
pasted with glue
more beautiful
than before
like a Zen plate
that has fractures
underscored
with gold
the work of fortune
both bad and good
the work of lacking affection
and affection
Narcissus and anti-Narcissus
to live is to believe.

*****

Reconciliada Com As Memorias

Eu no espelho
colada com cola
mais bela
do que dantes
como o prato Zen
que tem as fracturas
sublinhadas
com ouro
obra da fortuna
má e boa
obra da falta de afecto
e do afecto
Narciso e anti-Narciso
viver para crer