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OF LYRICAL ASTONISHMENT

OF LYRICAL ASTONISHMENT
You sit in the shade and you know
that only the twilight soothes
your urgency, your thirst for rain
and the reverse of things
the astonishment at night
the words madness,
the urgency that rips the real
a claw of nothing, a stone
in your path.

And you look for the chisel,
the alchemical plough, the compass
and the mathematical rhythm of the verse,
the accurate and lyrical blow
the dream wing that implodes life
and sweeps the melancholy,
the minimum shiver.

The poem is born
with the light of the abyss
irrefutable.

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DO ASSOMBRO LÍRICO

Sentas-te na sombra e sabes
que apenas o crepúsculo acalma
a tua urgência, a tua sede de chuva
e do avesso das coisas
e da noite o assombro
o desvario de palavras,
essa urgência que rasga o real
uma garra de nada, uma pedra
no teu caminho.

E procuras o escopro,
o arado alquímico, o compasso
e o ritmo matemático do verso,
esse golpe certeiro e lírico,
essa asa de sonho que implode a vida
e varre a melancolia,
o estremecimento mínimo.

O poema nasce
com a luz do abismo
irrecusável.

by Maria João CANTINHO, in "DO ÍNFIMO", Edição: Coisas de Ler, 2016

(English translated by Armando TABORDA, 2020)

(photograph taken from Internet - published under the fair use doctrine for non-commercial educational purposes)

Dominique-Lucy Renson, Nouchetdu38, J.Garcia, buonacoppi and 6 other people have particularly liked this photo


13 comments - The latest ones
 Malik Raoulda
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Du chemin obscur vers la voie de l'esperance....!
3 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Malik Raoulda club
...après tout, la vrai vie...Merci, Malik!
3 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Thanks for fave, goandgo!
3 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Ulrich John!
3 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave et l'invitation, Jean-luc Drouin!
3 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave, Citoyen du Monde!
3 years ago.
 cammino
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I think writing a poem is often hard work.
3 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to cammino club
Indeed, cammino, as to carve a hard stone
3 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, buonacoppi!
3 years ago.
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
Gosto!
Obrigada, Armando
3 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to J.Garcia club
É belo e com uma construção muito genuína, não é?

És sempre bem-vinda, Judite!
3 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
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Je te remercie le fave, Nouchetdu38!
3 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave, Dominique-Lucy Renson!
3 years ago.

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