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YOU SPEND THE NIGHT ON ME

YOU SPEND THE NIGHT ON ME
and if by chance I touch your memory...you love
or pretend to die

I foresee the luminous aroma of fires
I hear the rumor of the wet earth
the burning speech of stars

it's still night
the absent body settles slowly
I grow old with the nomadic bird's loneliness

I no longer have the hidden whiteness of words
and no fire breaks out for you to drink

///

PERNOITAS EM MIM
e se por acaso te toco a memória...amas
ou finges morrer

pressinto o aroma luminoso dos fogos
escuto o rumor da terra molhada
a fala queimada das estrelas

é noite ainda
o corpo ausente instala-se vagarosamente
envelheço com a nómada solidão das aves

já não possuo a brancura oculta das palavras
e nenhum lume irrompe para beberes

by Al Berto (1948-1997), in "VIGÍLIAS" (selection by JABaptista), Edited by Assírio & Alvim, 2004

(English translated by Armando TABORDA, 2018)

(photo taken from Internet; edited by Armando TABORDA)

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 Armando Taborda
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Merci deux fois, Nouchet!
5 years ago.
 Annemarie
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love love this
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Thanks twice, Annemarie!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Thanks for fave, goandgo!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Thanks for fave, E. Adam Galehr!
4 years ago.

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