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"EASTER SUNDAY"

"EASTER SUNDAY"
Underwater gold;
all flesh is glass.
Some hero saves us
from ourselves
by some alchemy
of ravagement.
Through closed eyes,
fast and vigil and
burn and rust to this.
Round the Church,
beneath lashing trees
and tottering daffodils,
a growing churchyard.
Those buried here,
in companionable rows,
seem so smug, really,
they're never going to want to get up.

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DOMINGO DE PÁSCOA

Submersa áurea;
toda a carne é vítrea.
Um herói salvou-nos
de nós mesmos
por alguma alquimia
de desolação.
De olhos fechados,
jejum e vigília e
brilho e bolor para isto.
À volta da igreja,
sob sólidas árvores
e narcisos a balançar,
um adro a crescer.
Os que aqui estão enterrados,
em fiadas sociáveis,
parecem tão confortáveis que, realmente,
nunca mais vão querer ressuscitar.

by Steve BUCKNELL, in www.ipernity.com, 2018

(title and Portuguese translation by Armando TBORDA, 2018)

(Bray Church, Berkshire, photograph taken from Internet; edited by Armando TABORDA)

cammino, Steve Bucknell, buonacoppi, and 2 other people have particularly liked this photo


10 comments - The latest ones
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Beautiful church; well taken.
Happy Easter.
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen club
Thanks Jaap! HE to you as well!
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave, Nouchetdu38!
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Ulrich John!
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave, Chris Delattre!
6 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, buonacoppi!
6 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
Lovely. Wonderful translation ( I’m just guessing!)
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
I think I was enable to catch the whole background meaning painted by your short, concise and powerful brushstrokes. I did my best; the making, and remaking and remaking took a part of my day. Your text was not easy to translate but gave me a lot of pleasure.
6 years ago. Edited 6 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
To get up ... a wonderful dream!
6 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to cammino club
"never going to want to get up"...or...no feasible ressurrection...:)
6 years ago.

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