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Pessoa is one of my favorite poets. I would not describe most of his works as truly remarkable, but his best works are up there with the angels and the astronau
by josh2600 4y ago
Pessoa is one of my favorite poets. I would not describe most of his works as truly remarkable, but his best works are up there with the angels and the astronauts.
My favorite poem of all time:
Autopsychography
The poet is a faker,
Who’s so good at his act,
He even fakes the pain,
Of pain he feels in fact,
And those who read his writing,
Will read in what he wrote,
Neither of the pains he has,
But just the one they’re missing,
And so around it’s track,
This thing called the heart winds,
A little clockwork train,
To entertain our minds.
- belter 4y agoO 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 a que eles não têm. E assim nas calhas da roda Gira, a entreter a razão, Esse comboio de corda Que se chama o coração. Fernando Pessoa , Cancioneiro.
- belter 4y agohttps://youtu.be/5W9_WDG2Pdw https://youtu.be/5W9_WDG2Pdw
- mping 4y agoI was amazed the first time I discovered that translators somehow keep the rhymes when they translate. Not an easy job.
- josh2600 4y agoTranslating poetry is the highest level of translation because of all of the idioms. When someone says "I studied Japanese poetry", they really, really understand Japanese.