QUATRAINS DE NOSSA SENHORA
XLII.
El obelisco creció de la pedra,
aumentando en poder e intoleransa,
tomando dos otros, dió a si mesmo,
guiando el mundo en escura dansa.
The obelisk grew from the rock,
increasing in power and intolerance,
taking from others, it gave to itself,
leading the world in a dark dance.
19 de agosto 2016
XLIII.
Podes entrá no banco,
mas non podes salí.
O que das, das,
y non hay nada que recibí.
You can enter the bank,
but you can't leave.
What you give, you give,
and there is nothing to receive.
20 de agosto 2016
XLIV.
Escala os muros
para ver além.
Cruza cada linha,
as imaginarias também.
Scale the walls
to see beyond.
Cross every line,
even the imaginary ones.
21 de agosto 2016
XLV.
Os irmanos fraternales
querrán combatí l'ignorancia,
y el compasso y quadrado
tendrá nova importancia.
The fraternal Brothers
will wish to combat ignorance,
and the compass and square
will have new importance.
22 de agosto 2016
Thursday, October 6, 2016
QUATRAINS DE NOSSA SENHORA
XXXVII.
De una multitud soy parte,
y venimo de muitos tempos.
O universo cozinha con arte,
y somo una sopa de almas.
I am part of a multitude,
from many different times.
The universe cooks artfully,
and we are a soup of souls.
17 de agosto 2016
XXXVIII.
Agushas y portán confían en la vaca
para ser su intermediario.
O mensagero ignorante ten resaca,
non sabendo que él es el mensage.
Spires and gate trust in the cow
to be their intermediary.
The ignorant messenger has a hangover,
not knowing that he is the message.
XXXIX.
Soberanidad entre naciones,
sobrepassando cada gremio,
será objecto de pasiones,
y se fará o novo premio.
Sovereignty among nations,
going beyond all associations,
will be the object of passions,
and will become the new prize.
XL.
Competisán cederá a cooperasán
entre indígena y fazendero
para salvar la vida
do mundo entero.
Competition will give way to cooperation
between the native and the rancher
to save the life
of the whole earth.
XLI.
A más grande forssa para paz
será temor de morte
cubriendo toda la terra
del sud hasta el norte.
The greatest force for peace
will be fear of death
covering all the earth
from the south to the north.
18 de agosto 2016
XXXVII.
De una multitud soy parte,
y venimo de muitos tempos.
O universo cozinha con arte,
y somo una sopa de almas.
I am part of a multitude,
from many different times.
The universe cooks artfully,
and we are a soup of souls.
17 de agosto 2016
XXXVIII.
Agushas y portán confían en la vaca
para ser su intermediario.
O mensagero ignorante ten resaca,
non sabendo que él es el mensage.
Spires and gate trust in the cow
to be their intermediary.
The ignorant messenger has a hangover,
not knowing that he is the message.
XXXIX.
Soberanidad entre naciones,
sobrepassando cada gremio,
será objecto de pasiones,
y se fará o novo premio.
Sovereignty among nations,
going beyond all associations,
will be the object of passions,
and will become the new prize.
XL.
Competisán cederá a cooperasán
entre indígena y fazendero
para salvar la vida
do mundo entero.
Competition will give way to cooperation
between the native and the rancher
to save the life
of the whole earth.
XLI.
A más grande forssa para paz
será temor de morte
cubriendo toda la terra
del sud hasta el norte.
The greatest force for peace
will be fear of death
covering all the earth
from the south to the north.
18 de agosto 2016
QUATRAINS DE NOSSA SENHORA
XXXIV.
A los ochenta l'actriz se desnuda
con muito corage y calma,
y consigue assí mostrá
la belesa de su alma.
At eighty the actress undresses
with much courage and calmness
and thus manages to show
the beauty of her soul.
15 de agosto 2016
XXXV.
Os elefantes están triste
y muito zangado,
rejeitan su shefe
por mal reputado.
The elephants are sad
and very angry,
they reject their leader
for bad reputation.
XXXVI.
No queremo mirá un desfile
en ciudad talmente cambiada,
onde alardea sus armas
a policía militarizada.
We don't want to watch a parade
in a city so changed,
where militarized police
make show of their weapons.
16 de agosto 2016
XXXIV.
A los ochenta l'actriz se desnuda
con muito corage y calma,
y consigue assí mostrá
la belesa de su alma.
At eighty the actress undresses
with much courage and calmness
and thus manages to show
the beauty of her soul.
15 de agosto 2016
XXXV.
Os elefantes están triste
y muito zangado,
rejeitan su shefe
por mal reputado.
The elephants are sad
and very angry,
they reject their leader
for bad reputation.
XXXVI.
No queremo mirá un desfile
en ciudad talmente cambiada,
onde alardea sus armas
a policía militarizada.
We don't want to watch a parade
in a city so changed,
where militarized police
make show of their weapons.
16 de agosto 2016
QUATRAINS DE NOSSA SENHORA
XXXI.
Religion y nacionalidad
poden confundirse facilmente
por políticos imorales
y por nécia gente.
Religion and nationality
can easily be confused
by unscrupulous politicians
and by foolish people.
12 de agosto 2016
XXXII.
Esha faze virtud
de falta de opción,
y confunde esclavitud
con liberación.
She makes a virtue
of lack of choice,
and confuses slavery
with liberation.
14 de agosto 2016
XXXI.
Religion y nacionalidad
poden confundirse facilmente
por políticos imorales
y por nécia gente.
Religion and nationality
can easily be confused
by unscrupulous politicians
and by foolish people.
12 de agosto 2016
XXXII.
Esha faze virtud
de falta de opción,
y confunde esclavitud
con liberación.
She makes a virtue
of lack of choice,
and confuses slavery
with liberation.
14 de agosto 2016
QUATRAINS DE NOSSA SENHORA
XXIX.
A tormenta passa
y shega la tranquilidad,
mas quando volta,
é con doble ferocidad.
The storm passes
and tranquility arrives,
but when it returns,
it is with double ferocity.
11 de agosto 2016
XXX.
Estamo pagando o precio
de nosso poco saber,
y neste triste caso
más redentor non pode haber.
We are paying the price
of our little learning,
and in this sad case
there can be no other redeemer.
11 de agosto 2016
XXIX.
A tormenta passa
y shega la tranquilidad,
mas quando volta,
é con doble ferocidad.
The storm passes
and tranquility arrives,
but when it returns,
it is with double ferocity.
11 de agosto 2016
XXX.
Estamo pagando o precio
de nosso poco saber,
y neste triste caso
más redentor non pode haber.
We are paying the price
of our little learning,
and in this sad case
there can be no other redeemer.
11 de agosto 2016
QUATRAINS DE NOSSA SENHORA
XXVII.
Se poden comunicá
mortos y viventes,
mas non poden falá
ricos e indigentes.
The living and the dead
can communicate with each other,
but rich and poor
cannot speak.
10 de agosto 2016
XXVIII.
A vezes podemo ver o futuro
detashada y claramente,
mas somo cego para
o que nos rodea no presente.
At times we can see the future
clearly and in detail,
but we are blind to
that which surrounds us in the present.
10 de agosto 2016
XXVII.
Se poden comunicá
mortos y viventes,
mas non poden falá
ricos e indigentes.
The living and the dead
can communicate with each other,
but rich and poor
cannot speak.
10 de agosto 2016
XXVIII.
A vezes podemo ver o futuro
detashada y claramente,
mas somo cego para
o que nos rodea no presente.
At times we can see the future
clearly and in detail,
but we are blind to
that which surrounds us in the present.
10 de agosto 2016
OAK LEAVES
Oak leaves in the sunset,
pleasant memory of summer,
now dried and brittle,
my dog crushes them underfoot.
22 July, 2016
I AM MADE OF HUMAN HISTORY
I am made of human history,
and prehistory runs in my veins.
When all skin was dark,
I walked naked in the forest,
knowing only plants and the stars.
I have been a healer,
an astrologer, a seer,
far too many times
to count, carrying
with me the knowledge
of generations.
Prejudices and pogroms
have ruled my life
many times and in
many places.
To be other than ignorant
was often a crime,
and intuition then
had to be hidden.
I've spoken your languages
and learned your alphabets,
I've heard your old stories
made into religions,
tiresome and toxic indoctrination,
but my thoughts and intuitions
go back farther than those,
to that dark forest,
and they continue
to be
mine.
6 August 2016
[portunhol surenho]
ESTOY ACÁ
Estoy acá,
sempre he estado
acá, y quizá
sempre vo está
acá.
Vocé, també.
I am here,
I have always
been here,
and perhaps
I will always
be here.
You, too.
3 de agosto 2016
Oak leaves in the sunset,
pleasant memory of summer,
now dried and brittle,
my dog crushes them underfoot.
22 July, 2016
I AM MADE OF HUMAN HISTORY
I am made of human history,
and prehistory runs in my veins.
When all skin was dark,
I walked naked in the forest,
knowing only plants and the stars.
I have been a healer,
an astrologer, a seer,
far too many times
to count, carrying
with me the knowledge
of generations.
Prejudices and pogroms
have ruled my life
many times and in
many places.
To be other than ignorant
was often a crime,
and intuition then
had to be hidden.
I've spoken your languages
and learned your alphabets,
I've heard your old stories
made into religions,
tiresome and toxic indoctrination,
but my thoughts and intuitions
go back farther than those,
to that dark forest,
and they continue
to be
mine.
6 August 2016
[portunhol surenho]
ESTOY ACÁ
Estoy acá,
sempre he estado
acá, y quizá
sempre vo está
acá.
Vocé, també.
I am here,
I have always
been here,
and perhaps
I will always
be here.
You, too.
3 de agosto 2016
