Desperate Song Poem by Eugénio de Andrade
Desperate Song
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Not even eyes know what to say
to this rose of joy
open in my hands
or in the tresses of the day.
What I dreamt is simply this,
merely water, purple with cold.
Within this grief no rose can fit.
Give me the shadow of a ship.
Translation: 2003, Alexis Levitin
Saturday, August 5, 2017
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