Poem
Gastão Cruz
BREATH
I won’t be ableto pull you from that abyss
place you at the table
I, too,
I know it well enough, am also somehow dead,
with you with this
day
that in taking shape left
the breath of time
audible in the cotton with which they stuffed
your mouth
© Translation: 2007, Alexis Levitin
SOLUÇO
SOLUÇO
Não podereitirar-te desse abismo
sentar-te à mesa
já estou
também, sei bem, um pouco morto,
por ti por esse
dia
que ao formar-se deixou
o soluço do tempo
audível no algodão com que taparam
a tua boca
© 2002, Gastão Cruz
From: Rua de Portugal
Publisher: Assírio & Alvim, Lisboa
From: Rua de Portugal
Publisher: Assírio & Alvim, Lisboa
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BREATH
I won’t be ableto pull you from that abyss
place you at the table
I, too,
I know it well enough, am also somehow dead,
with you with this
day
that in taking shape left
the breath of time
audible in the cotton with which they stuffed
your mouth
© 2007, Alexis Levitin
From: Rua de Portugal
From: Rua de Portugal
BREATH
I won’t be ableto pull you from that abyss
place you at the table
I, too,
I know it well enough, am also somehow dead,
with you with this
day
that in taking shape left
the breath of time
audible in the cotton with which they stuffed
your mouth
© 2007, Alexis Levitin
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