SOMEDAY
MORNING
COLLISION
UNICORN
The ridiculous figure of the stars
Birds
IMMIGRANTS
SHORT POEM
Passing
QUIETNESS
from EVENING
DARKNESS
"E se um dia hei-de ser pó, cinza e nada"
GOOGLE MAPS
LIVE UNADORNED
AFTER THE PHONE CALL
"EASTER SUNDAY"
I'M NOBODY! WHO ARE YOU?
TONGUE OF VERSES
VISIBILITY
SHEELA NA GIG, ST MICHAEL'S, OXFORD
Sunburnt
SURF
HAPPINESS
ETERNAL LIFE
GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF A POEM
THE PRAYER
AUTUMN
LOVING SMILE - 55
REVENGER ANGEL WANTED
Purple light
Forest Fires
THE NIGHT' SUN
CRONE
APOCALYPSE
LABYRINTH
ENDEARMENT
IVY DRIP AT WARRISTON CEMETERY
LOCAL HISTORY
WHISPERS
LOVING SMILE - 54
ASHES
CROSS
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AGNOSTICS - ATHEISTS - NON BELIEVERS - AGNÓSTICOS - ATEOS - NO CREYENTES
AGNOSTICS - ATHEISTS - NON BELIEVERS - AGNÓSTICOS - ATEOS - NO CREYENTES
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WAT PHO
Here I'm barefoot before God.
I have lived a lifetime to get here
and, nonetheless, God asks me to continue ---
asks in silence.
I walk unhurried, rush has finished and
secrets are over. Lies
evaporated.
The words failed
to hide me. Each word is
a step.
At every step my feet create roots,
the soles of my feet sink
on this sacred ground.
Where are you? I said goodbye, I left you far away,
I covered this distance looking for you ---
I found you at last.
I walk unhurrIed, I carry the weight
of childhood and architecture.
God burns before me and I know now
my name doesn't protect me.
///
WAT PHO
Eis-me descalço perante Deus.
Atravessei a vida inteira para chegar aqui
e, no entanto, Deus pede que continue ---
pede em silêncio.
Caminho sem pressa, acabou a pressa e
acabaram os segredos. As mentiras
evaporaram-se.
As palavras deixaram de conseguir
esconder-me. Cada palavra é
um passo.
Os meus pés criam raízes em cada passo,
as plantas dos meus pés enterram-se
neste chão sagrado.
Onde estás? Despedi-me, deixei-te lá longe,
fiz esta distância à tua procura ---
encontrei-te por fim.
Caminho sem pressa, carrego o peso
da infância e da arquitetura.
Deus arde à minha frente e sei agora
que o meu nome não me protege.
by José Luís PEIXOTO, in "O CAMINHO IMPERFEITO", Quetzal Editores, 2017
(English translated by Armando TABORDA, 2017)
(photo taken from Internet; edited by Armando TABORDA)
(1st edition, 2017; 2nd edition, 2019)
I have lived a lifetime to get here
and, nonetheless, God asks me to continue ---
asks in silence.
I walk unhurried, rush has finished and
secrets are over. Lies
evaporated.
The words failed
to hide me. Each word is
a step.
At every step my feet create roots,
the soles of my feet sink
on this sacred ground.
Where are you? I said goodbye, I left you far away,
I covered this distance looking for you ---
I found you at last.
I walk unhurrIed, I carry the weight
of childhood and architecture.
God burns before me and I know now
my name doesn't protect me.
///
WAT PHO
Eis-me descalço perante Deus.
Atravessei a vida inteira para chegar aqui
e, no entanto, Deus pede que continue ---
pede em silêncio.
Caminho sem pressa, acabou a pressa e
acabaram os segredos. As mentiras
evaporaram-se.
As palavras deixaram de conseguir
esconder-me. Cada palavra é
um passo.
Os meus pés criam raízes em cada passo,
as plantas dos meus pés enterram-se
neste chão sagrado.
Onde estás? Despedi-me, deixei-te lá longe,
fiz esta distância à tua procura ---
encontrei-te por fim.
Caminho sem pressa, carrego o peso
da infância e da arquitetura.
Deus arde à minha frente e sei agora
que o meu nome não me protege.
by José Luís PEIXOTO, in "O CAMINHO IMPERFEITO", Quetzal Editores, 2017
(English translated by Armando TABORDA, 2017)
(photo taken from Internet; edited by Armando TABORDA)
(1st edition, 2017; 2nd edition, 2019)
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