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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)
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
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Category Archives: Translation
TAO TE CHING – VI
The earth spirit will never die As she bears the mysteries of love. Love being the only gateway to truth, That timeless truth of beings and things. Those who see fleetingly feel her joy Yet never extinguish the eternal flame.
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Laozi, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Joy, Life, Love, Poetry, Truth, Wisdom
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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – XLVII
On a breathtakingly clear day, A day when I had a desire to work hard Yet hearing her was like not working on anything, I saw a glimpse, like a road through the trees, Of what may be her Biggest … Continue reading
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Fernando Pessoa, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Listening, Nature, Poetry, Poets, Resilience, Seeing, Truth
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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – VI – II
Thinking of God is to disobey the Lord, Because God intended that we do not even know each other. That is why he does not show to us … Let us be simple and calm, Like the streams and the … Continue reading
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Fernando Pessoa, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Care, God, Life, Listening, Love, Seeing, Truth
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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – IV
This evening the thunder crashed Down from the slopes of the sky Like a huge boulder… Like someone from a high window Was shaking out a tablecloth, And the crumbs, that fall all together, Make some noise when they fall, … Continue reading
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Fernando Pessoa, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Belief, Faith, Listening, Seeing, Thinking
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THE KEEPER OF FLOCKS – III
At dusk, leaning out of the window, I know at a glance that there are fields ahead. I begin to read until my eyes burn A book by Cesário Verde.
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Fernando Pessoa, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Listening, Reality, Resilience, Seeing, Truth
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