Poem
Vasco Graça Moura
the support for music
the support for music can be the relationshipbetween a man and a woman, the staff
of their hands that touch, of their
eyes that meet, of their
vowels they discover to be reciprocally open,
or of the obscure signs of understanding
that grow between them like creeping plants.
the support for music can be the appetite
of their ears and nose for all the ramifications
between timbres, between scents,
but it is also, as they know, an inner rhythm,
a part of the cosmos passing close by
for a few fragile moments, concentrated
in a minuscule, intensely luminous point
that music, breaking forth, enlarges
between familiarity and its ally, harmony.
© Translation: 1998, Richard Zenith
o suporte da música
o suporte da música
o suporte da música pode ser a relaçãoentre um homem e uma mulher, a pauta
dos seus gestos tocando-se, ou dos seus
olhares encontrando-se, ou das suas
vogais adivinhando-se abertas e recíprocas,
ou dos seus obscuros sinais de entendimento,
crescendo como trepadeiras entre eles.
o suporte da música pode ser uma apetência
dos seus ouvidos e do olfacto, de tudo o que se
ramifica entre os timbres, os perfumes,
mas é também um ritmo interior, uma parcela
do cosmos, e eles sabem-no, perpassando
por uns frágeis momentos, concentrado
numa ponto minúsculo, intensamente luminoso,
que a música, desvendando-se, desdobra,
entre conhecimento e cúmplice harmonia.
© 1997, Vasco Graça Moura
From: Poemas com pessoas
Publisher: Quetzal, Lisbon
From: Poemas com pessoas
Publisher: Quetzal, Lisbon
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Poems of Vasco Graça Moura
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the support for music
the support for music can be the relationshipbetween a man and a woman, the staff
of their hands that touch, of their
eyes that meet, of their
vowels they discover to be reciprocally open,
or of the obscure signs of understanding
that grow between them like creeping plants.
the support for music can be the appetite
of their ears and nose for all the ramifications
between timbres, between scents,
but it is also, as they know, an inner rhythm,
a part of the cosmos passing close by
for a few fragile moments, concentrated
in a minuscule, intensely luminous point
that music, breaking forth, enlarges
between familiarity and its ally, harmony.
© 1998, Richard Zenith
From: Poemas com pessoas
From: Poemas com pessoas
the support for music
the support for music can be the relationshipbetween a man and a woman, the staff
of their hands that touch, of their
eyes that meet, of their
vowels they discover to be reciprocally open,
or of the obscure signs of understanding
that grow between them like creeping plants.
the support for music can be the appetite
of their ears and nose for all the ramifications
between timbres, between scents,
but it is also, as they know, an inner rhythm,
a part of the cosmos passing close by
for a few fragile moments, concentrated
in a minuscule, intensely luminous point
that music, breaking forth, enlarges
between familiarity and its ally, harmony.
© 1998, Richard Zenith
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