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NO OTHER PURPOSE

NO OTHER PURPOSE
We threw stones
into the water to bring the silence to surface.
The world, invigorated by the senses,
then came to us all buried
in our own flesh sometimes
wrapped in fierce transparencies
that the stones incited
without no other purpose besides extravasating
the silence from the calming waters.

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SEM OUTRO INTUITO

Atirávamos pedras
à água para o silêncio vir à tona.
O mundo, que os sentidos tonificam,
surgia-nos então todo enterrado
na nossa própria carne envolto
por vezes em ferozes transparências
que as pedras acirravam
sem outro intuito além do de extravasarem
às águas o silêncio que as unia.

by Luís Miguel NAVA (1957-1995), in "VULCÃO", Editora Quetzal, 1994

(English translated by Armando TABORDA, 2016)

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15 comments - The latest ones
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
OHHH!!!
Recordar Miguel Nava!!
Muito obrigada , Armando
8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to J.Garcia club
Sempre bem-vinda, Judite!
8 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
Fine poem!
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to cammino club
Thanks cammino!
8 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Bien rendu ce remarquable portrait flouté .
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Malik Raoulda club
c'est de la vibration des eaux, Malik

Mille mercis à toi!
8 years ago.
 beverley
beverley
a lovely effect I like it !
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to beverley
"it's wrapped in the fierce transparencies that the stones brought to the water' surfasse". Bev!

Thank you so much!
8 years ago.
 .t.a.o.n.
.t.a.o.n.
well done, armando !
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to .t.a.o.n.
Thanks too much, dear Robert!
8 years ago.
 'ºLº'
'ºLº'
Porosity of all things around us, and with us, through our sensations; it is a truly beautiful poem by Nava, he who died so young in dire circumstances;
.. words that touch deep into our psyche ..
Thank you Armando for this sensitive presentation of image and text
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to 'ºLº'
you are absolutely right, Leonora, it was an unexpected and criminal premature death of a great poet, in Brussels

thanks too much for your appreciation
8 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Ulrich John!
8 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Lorenzo Salmonson!
8 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave, Christine!
8 years ago.

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