Urgentemente (Urgently) by Eugénio de Andrade
On 18 November, 2009 by Dave Bonta with 0 Comments
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A poem by Portugal’s greatest living poet, Eugénio de Andrade. This was uploaded by Bloqs de Lletres, so I’m assuming the video is by Josep Porcar, as their others are.
Here’s an English translation by Alexis Levitin:
URGENTLY
It’s urgent — love.
It’s urgent — a boat upon the sea.It’s urgent to destroy certain words,
hate, solitude, and cruelty,
some moanings,
many swords.It’s urgent to invent a joyfulness,
multiply kisses and cornfields,
discover roses and rivers
and glistening mornings — it’s urgent.Silence and an impure light fall upon
our shoulders till they ache.
It’s urgent — love, it’s urgent
to endure.(from Forbidden Words)
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