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USELESS POEM WITH MOUNTAIN

USELESS POEM WITH MOUNTAIN
I see the mountain landed in front of me
On the evergreen water, and I think of the uselessness
Of everything she is, and the futility of thinking about it.
When a useless thought suggests to me
That the mountain may be
A detail thought by herself
In the landscape of my own thinking, in order
To make me think about thoughts,
And not about mountains, remaining her, like before,
Landed on the evergreen water, without being
Thought by nobody.

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POEMA INÚTIL COM MONTANHA

Vejo a montanha à minha frente pousada
Sobre a água sempre verde, e penso na inutilidade
De tudo o que ela é, e na inutilidade de estar pensando nisto.
Quando um pensamento inútil me sugere
Que a montanha pode ser
Um pormenor pensado por ela
Na paisagem do meu próprio pensamento, para
Com isto me levar a pensar sobre pensamentos,
E não sobre montanhas, ficando ela, como antes,
Pousada na água sempre verde, sem ser
Pensada por ninguém.

by Rui COSTA (1972-2012), in "A NUVEM PRATEADA DAS PESSOAS GRANDES", Quasi Edições, 2005

(English translated by Armando TABORDA, 2018)

(photo taken from Internet; edited by Armando TABORDA)

.t.a.o.n., Christel Ehretsmann, Nouchetdu38, goandgo and 2 other people have particularly liked this photo


8 comments - The latest ones
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
Gosto dos tons que se ajustam bem ao poema
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to J.Garcia club
O poema é genial, na linha pessoana, claro! O F.P. continua a influenciar os poetas da modernidade.
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, buonacoppi!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, goandgo!
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave, Nouchetdu38!
5 years ago.
 Christel Ehretsmann
Christel Ehretsmann club
Beauty is never useless
5 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Christel Ehretsmann club
...the beauty of the poem is ephemeral...the beauty of the mountain landed on the evergreen water doesn't require any words to remain there...
5 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, .t.a.o.n.!
5 years ago.

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