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QUIETNESS

QUIETNESS
Inside this new love, die.
Your way begins on the other side.
Become the sky.
Take an axe to the prison wall.
Escape.
Walk out like someone suddenly born into color.
Do it now.
You're covered with thick cloud.
Slide out the side. Die,
and be quiet. Quiteness is the surest sign
that you've died.
Your old life was a frantic running
from silence.

The speechless full moon
comes out now.

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SERENIDADE

Morre, dentro deste novo amor.
O teu caminho começa do outro lado.
Transforma-te em céu.
Dá com um machado na parede da prisão.
Evade-te.
Vai-te embora como alguém subitamente nascido para a cor.
Fá-lo agora.
Estás encoberto por uma nuvem espessa.
Desliza para fora. Morre,
e fica sereno. A serenidade é o sinal mais seguro
de que morreste.
A tua antiga vida foi uma corrida frenética
de silêncio.

A lua cheia emudecida
nasce agora.

by Jelaluddin Muhammad BALKHI, better known as RUMI, born in Balkh in what is now Afghanistan (1207-1273), in "SELECTED POEMS", Edited by The Folio Society Lda, 2017

(Portuguese translated by Armando TABORDA, 2018)

(photo taken from Internet; edited by Armando TABORDA)

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 MOULOUD ELHMAMI
MOULOUD ELHMAMI
ظاهرة الخسوف هده الليلة
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to MOULOUD ELHMAMI
no eclipse, just the light of a "speechless full moon"
6 years ago.
MOULOUD ELHMAMI has replied to Armando Taborda club
Tomorrow is the phenomenon of eclipse bum
6 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Great together with the words !
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Ulrich John club
Thanks twice, Ulrich!
6 years ago.
 Nouchetdu38
Nouchetdu38 club
A lua em um colchão de algodão!
É mágico e muito lindo!*****************
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Nouchetdu38 club
...e, pela certa,, a lua vai adormecer e sonhar com o sol que a ilumina...

Obrigado pelo teu comentário, Nouchet!
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, ROL/Photo!
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Demetrius Chryssikos!
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, buonacoppi!
6 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
“Slide out the side.” I like that!
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
So do I! We are both side or slide poets!?
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
 Eliana Verona
Eliana Verona club
Lua cheia, que desliza silenciosa, mutável, instável, inconstante...madrepérola entre nuvens!
Beijo, Armando!
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Eliana Verona club
Ontem foi a Lua Azul. Sempre nos surpreenderá!

Beijo, Eliana!
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Annemarie!
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, MGN-Marcel!
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave, Lebojo!
6 years ago.

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