Autobiographia Literaria
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When I was a child
--- Frank O'Hara
(Selected Poems)   |
Sometimes I don't understand
how people came across the concept of "fun";
it was probably
only abstracted as an opposite to sadness.
(Letters to Milena)
And something flickered for a minute,
and then it vanished and was gone.
(Romeo had Juliette - New York)
Eu Sou do Tamanho do que Vejo
Da minha aldeia veio quanto da terra se pode ver no Universo...
Por isso a minha aldeia é tão grande como outra terra qualquer
Porque eu sou do tamanho do que vejo
E não, do tamanho da minha altura...
Nas cidades a vida é mais pequena
Que aqui na minha casa no cimo deste outeiro.
Na cidade as grandes casas fecham a vista à chave,
Escondem o horizonte, empurram o nosso olhar para longe de todo o céu,
Tornam-nos pequenos porque nos tiram o que os nossos olhos nos podem dar,
E tornam-nos pobres porque a nossa única riqueza é ver.
I Am the Size of What I See
From my village I can see as much of the earth as it can be seen in the Universe...
That’s why my village is as big as any other land
Because I am the size of what I see
And not the size of my height...
In cities life is smaller
Than here in my house on top of this hill.
In the city the big houses lock the view away,
They hide the horizon, push our gaze away from the whole sky,
They make us small because they take away what our eyes can give us,
And they make us poor because our only wealth is seeing.
(O Guardador de Rebanhos)
Because my songs are brief,
People think I hoarded words.
I have spared nothing in my songs.
There is nothing I can add.
Unlike a fish, my soul swims without gills.
I sing on one breath.
(My Songs)
