Tuesday, March 14, 2006

Fiama Hasse Pais Brandao ( ) Portugal

The Voice of Things

Only the gusts of winds
make lyrical sounds
on the sails of windmills.

Only the things touched
by the love of other things
have a voice (to sing)…


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Da Voz Das Coisas

Só a rajada de vento
dá o som lírico
às pás do moinho.

Somente as coisas tocadas
pelo amor das outras
têm voz.

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Lisbon in the Fog

In the fog
the drunk city tumbles and falls,
the formless building lose
the day and the place.
Unattched the walls become
menhirs - the hazy, ancient stones,
with no beginning and no end.


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Lisboa Sob Nevoa

Na névoa, a cidade, ébria
oscila, tomba.
Informes, as casas
perdem o lugar e o dia.
Cravadas no nada,
as paredes são menires,
pedras antigas, vagas
sem princípio, sem fim.

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