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Photo by Armando Taborda

I'm beggining to know myself. I don't exist.
I'm the gap between what I'd like to be and what others have made me,
Or half of this gap, since there's also life...
That's me. Period.
Turn off the light, shut the door, and quit that slipper noise in the hallway.
Leave me alone in my room with the vast peace of myself.
It's a shoddy universe.

///

Começo a conhecer-me. Não existo.
Sou o intervalo entre o que desejo ser e os outros me fizeram,
Ou metade desse intervalo, porque também há vida...
Sou isso, enfim...
Apague a luz, feche a porta e deixe de ter barulhos de chinelos no corredor.
Fique eu no quarto só com o grande sossego de mim mesmo.
É um universo barato.


by Álvaro de Campos (Fernando PESSOA)

(1st edition, 2012; 2nd edition, 2017)

goandgo, Xata, , Malik Raoulda and 5 other people have particularly liked this photo


12 comments - The latest ones
 Christel Ehretsmann
Christel Ehretsmann club
I love Pessoa and his reflexions about his inner sense of himself
11 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Christel Ehretsmann club
...of himself, of ourselves, of the Universe!...thanks Christel...
11 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave, Laurence!
6 years ago.
 Nouchetdu38
Nouchetdu38 club
Excellent! A méditer!
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Nouchetdu38 club
...et à vivre résigné avec la condition humaine...
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Ulrich John!
6 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Toute une joie +++++++
Bonne soirée.
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Malik Raoulda club
...et vivre résigné avec la condition humaine...

Bonjour Malik!
6 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
Restam os sonhos...neles tudo é possível...
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Xata club
o Fernando Pessoa e a maioria de nós sonhamos acordados :)
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, goandgo!
6 years ago.

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