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MY MODEST MIRROR

MY MODEST MIRROR
This sheet of paper
is my modest mirror
where I expose a picture
undressed of my skin
for another that doesn't reveal
my extirpated body:
- Who am I?...Who is that
where I concentrate my watch!?
The mirror where I am invented
turned inside out
encourages this intent
of writing what I don't think
- to be someone who I don't know,
doesn't know me, not even see
when, remembering what I forget,
I write...and nobody reads.

///

É MEU ESPELHO EM RECATO

É meu espelho em recato
esta folha de papel
e nela exponho um retrato
em que dispo a minha pele
por outra que não revele
este corpo que desventro:
- Quem sou eu?... Quem é aquele
em que tanto o olhar concentro!?
O espelho que me invento
revirado do avesso
estimula este intento
de escrever o que não penso
- ser alguém que não conheço,
não me conhece, nem vê
quando, lembrando o que esqueço,
eu escrevo...e ninguém lê.

by Fernando PINTO RIBEIRO (1928-2009), in "O CISNE SUBMERSO", Edium Editores, 2010

(English translated by Armando TABORDA, 2016)

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21 comments - The latest ones
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Demetrius Chryssikos!
8 years ago.
 cammino
cammino club
Interesting reflection in the mirror!
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to cammino club
...naked...

Thanks cammino!
8 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Great words to a very nice picture !
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Ulrich John club
Thanks too much, Dear Ulrich!
8 years ago.
 Steve Bucknell
Steve Bucknell club
We photograph what we are.
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Steve Bucknell club
Nobody can say better, Steve! :)
8 years ago.
 beverley
beverley
I like the words very much .... it reminds me a something I saw once that said . . .

mirror mirror on the wall . . . I am my mother after all . . . ;-)
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to beverley
...and your modest mirror is very proud of you, Bev! :)
8 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave, Lebojo!
8 years ago.
 J.Garcia
J.Garcia club
Gosto da esquina, no espelho!
Ajusta-se ao poema
8 years ago. Edited 8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to J.Garcia club
Ao virar da esquina podem ver-se coisas inesperadas, tal como poemas esquecidos.

Obrigado, Judite!
8 years ago.
J.Garcia club has replied to Armando Taborda club
Concordo, Armando
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to J.Garcia club
:)
8 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, goandgo!
8 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Lorenzo Salmonson!
8 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, .t.a.o.n.!
8 years ago.
 Belleuse
Belleuse
I like the questions in your poem under this photo :-)
( I have similair thoughts also there : www.ipernity.com/doc/261455/36348038/in/profile/261455/self )
;-)
8 years ago.
Armando Taborda club has replied to Belleuse
Fernando PR was a great poet and friend of mine! His questions, my questions, your questions are always similar!

Thanks for your outstanding link, Belleuse! Love it!
8 years ago.
Belleuse has replied to Armando Taborda club
I'm glad ... :-)
8 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Je te remercie le fave et l'invitation pour le groupe, René Boes!
8 years ago.

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