As ilhas afortunadas
Language: Portuguese (Português)
Que voz vem no som das ondas
Que não é a voz do mar?
E a voz de alguém que nos fala,
Mas que, se escutarmos, cala,
Por ter havido escutar.
E só se, meio dormindo,
Sem saber de ouvir ouvimos
Que ela nos diz a esperança
A que, como uma criança
Dormente, a dormir sorrimos.
São ilhas afortunadas
São terras sem ter lugar,
Onde o Rei mora esperando.
Mas, se vamos despertando
Cala a voz, e há só o mar.
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "The auspicious isles", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-07-07
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Word count: 81
The auspicious isles
Language: English after the Portuguese (Português)
What voice comes from the waves,
not the voice of the sea?
It is the voice of someone speaking to us,
but, if we listen, it ceases,
for having been listened to.
And only if, half sleeping,
without knowing of hearing, we just hear,
well, she tells us of hope
such that, like a dormant child,
we approach sleep smiling.
They are auspicious isles,
they are earths yet without place,
where the King dies waiting, waiting.
But, if we should wake,
the voice ceases, the sea remains, alone.
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- Translation from Portuguese (Português) to English copyright © 2018 by Andrew Schneider, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2018-06-04
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Word count: 88
