Poem
José Miguel Silva
AT THE BOOK FAIR - II
“Do you have books about pleasure?”mumbles the unarmed
gunner of love.
A kink in his genome
had buried his heart.
Teeth on edge,
slanting eyes,
hair like tow,
his life has been refuted
by the festive canon
of the Greek to kallon.
He has no place in the world
of heroes. He learned to spell
in the school of misfortune,
and no one forgives him
the suffering that throbs
in that utterly indecent
question.
© Translation: 2008, Richard Zenith
NA FEIRA DO LIVRO - II
NA FEIRA DO LIVRO - II
– “Tem livros sobre o prazer?”sussurra o desarmado
pistoleiro do amor.
Um deslize do genoma
soterrou-lhe o coração.
Os dentes em balanço,
os olhos de través,
a estopa do cabelo;
sua vida é refutada
pelo cânone festivo
do grego to kallon.
Não tem lugar no mundo
dos heróis, aprendeu a soletrar
na escola do revés
e não há quem lhe perdoe
o sofrimento, quando pulsa
na pergunta
entre todas indecente.
© 2002, José Miguel Silva
From: Ulisses Já Não Mora Aqui
Publisher: & etc., Lisbon
From: Ulisses Já Não Mora Aqui
Publisher: & etc., Lisbon
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AT THE BOOK FAIR - II
“Do you have books about pleasure?”mumbles the unarmed
gunner of love.
A kink in his genome
had buried his heart.
Teeth on edge,
slanting eyes,
hair like tow,
his life has been refuted
by the festive canon
of the Greek to kallon.
He has no place in the world
of heroes. He learned to spell
in the school of misfortune,
and no one forgives him
the suffering that throbs
in that utterly indecent
question.
© 2008, Richard Zenith
From: Ulisses Já Não Mora Aqui
From: Ulisses Já Não Mora Aqui
AT THE BOOK FAIR - II
“Do you have books about pleasure?”mumbles the unarmed
gunner of love.
A kink in his genome
had buried his heart.
Teeth on edge,
slanting eyes,
hair like tow,
his life has been refuted
by the festive canon
of the Greek to kallon.
He has no place in the world
of heroes. He learned to spell
in the school of misfortune,
and no one forgives him
the suffering that throbs
in that utterly indecent
question.
© 2008, Richard Zenith
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