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Fernando Pessoa
The Fernando Pessoa House has a unique treasure: the private library of this great literary figure. It’s not very often one can find an entire library belonging to a writer with Pessoa’s universal dimension.- Sophie Hannah Official Sophie Hannah Website
Constantine Petrou Cavafy
The Cavafy Archive website was created by the Center for Neo-Hellenic Studies and is owned by the Onassis Foundation. It contains all of Cavafy’s major works in the translation of Edmund Keeley and Philip Sherrard (edited by G.P. Savidis)
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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – X
«Hello, keeper of flocks, By the side of the road, who Tells us of the passing wind?» «What is wind, that passes And that has passed before, And that will be passing again. And you, what does it tell you?»
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Fernando Pessoa, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Happiness, Joy, Learning, Listening, Poetry, Seeing
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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – V
There is plenty of metaphysics about not thinking of anything. What do I think of the World? I do not know what I think of the World! If I got sick I would think about it. What idea do I … Continue reading
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Tagged Beauty, Happiness, Hope, Learning, Life, Listening, Love, Poetry, Seeing, Thinking, Truth
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EVERY TIME I THINK OF A THING, I BETRAY HER
Every time I think of a thing, I betray her. Just having a thing before me I must think of her. Not thinking, but seeing, Not with a thought, but with the eyes. A thing that is visible exists to … Continue reading
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Fernando Pessoa, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Listening, Poetry, Seeing, Silence, Wisdom, Writing
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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XIII
Light, light, very light, A very light wind passes, And she’s always very light. And I do not know what I think Nor do I seek to know. Fernando Pessoa Gentle, gentle, very gentle A very gentle word whispers, And … Continue reading
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Tagged Change, Joy, Life, Love, Seeing, Wisdom
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WAR WHICH AFFLICTS THE WORLD WITH ITS SQUADRONS
War, which afflicts the world with its squadrons, It is a perfected kind of philosophical error. War, like everything human, we want to change But war, more than anything else, wants to alter and change everything And alter it rapidly. … Continue reading
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Tagged Hope, Life, Love, Resilience, Truth, War, Wisdom
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