Monday, March 19, 2007

Pessoa(s) . . .




Autopsicografia*

O poeta é um fingidor.
Finge tão completamente
Que chega a fingir que é dor
A dor que deveras sente.

E os que lêem o que escreve,
Na dor lida sentem bem,
Não as duas que ele teve,
Mas só que éles não têm.

E assim nas calhas de roda
Gira, a entreter a razão,
Ésse comboio de corda
Que se chama o coração.

—Fernando Pessoa


Autopersonagraphy

The poet is a make-believer.
He makes his pain so real
That he makes a believer
Believe what he really feels.

And he who takes his word
Feels taken by his grief,
Not for believing the absurd,
But for believing in disbelief.

And so tears of laughter
Cry with reason in the heart,
For now and forever after,
Of a master and his art.

gringocarioca


*See 13 English translations of the poem at http://www.disquiet.com/thirteen.html

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