Poem
Carlos de Oliveira
Childhood
Dreamsas large as cedars
that must
be brought from afar
on shoulders
to find
in the winter of memory
this crackle
of a flame:
your fragrance,
firewood
of melancholy.
© Translation: 1997, Richard Zenith
Infância
Infância
Sonhosenormes como cedros
que é preciso
trazer de longe
aos ombros
para achar
no inverno da memória
este rumor
de lume:
o teu perfume,
lenha
da melancolia.
© 1968, Carlos de Oliveira
From: Trabalho Poético
Publisher: Assírio & Alvim, Lisboa
From: Trabalho Poético
Publisher: Assírio & Alvim, Lisboa
Poems
Poems of Carlos de Oliveira
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Childhood
Dreamsas large as cedars
that must
be brought from afar
on shoulders
to find
in the winter of memory
this crackle
of a flame:
your fragrance,
firewood
of melancholy.
© 1997, Richard Zenith
From: Trabalho Poético
From: Trabalho Poético
Childhood
Dreamsas large as cedars
that must
be brought from afar
on shoulders
to find
in the winter of memory
this crackle
of a flame:
your fragrance,
firewood
of melancholy.
© 1997, Richard Zenith
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