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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.
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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Tag Archives: Wisdom
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
Posted in David Scanlon, David Scanlon (Translations), Fernando Pessoa, Poetry, Translation
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
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Fernando Pessoa, Poetry, Translation
Tagged Hope, Life, Love, Resilience, Truth, War, Wisdom
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PRIDE – अभिमान
Hider and seeker of shadows Amongst her playful clouds, On whose darkened black cheeks Aching drops enshroud, The searching stare of sunflowers Leave a dim anchored light, A yellowed face of evening Beaming a late glow on night.
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Mahadevi Varma, Parul Singhal (Translations), Poetry, Translation
Tagged Care, Creativity, Poetry, Resilience, Seeing, Truth, Wisdom
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NIRVANA – निर्वाण
Pained hearts in thirsty stars Find sleep in the silent clouds, Our tides of life ebb and flow Teasing the skies emptiness. The torches of lightening Seek from the darkness what? Let me drink of your tears The ocean pleads … Continue reading
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Mahadevi Varma, Parul Singhal (Translations), Poetry, Translation
Tagged Beauty, Joy, Learning, Life, Resilience, Truth, Wisdom
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HIDDEN STATE – मेरा राज्य
Night covers herself with A cobweb of sparkling stars, Envious dawn he moans about The richness of her darkness; Her waves seem so desperate Repeating a moon kissed embrace, Caressing softly the coast’s line In her shadows of darkness With … Continue reading
Posted in David Scanlon (Translations), Mahadevi Varma, Parul Singhal (Translations), Poetry, Translation
Tagged Beauty, Care, Life, Love, Resilience, Wisdom, Women
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