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I Get Lost - Ando Perdido
I get lost
in crossed ways
complex deflections
infinite trails
I don't go back
nor get away from the future
of uncertain ways
complex fears
infinite dreams.

Determined
I carry on and stumble
I fall to the ground
and become moribund
herald of incoming time
my face drowns into the shadow
and the sun
at the back of my image empty of soul
in crossed ways
complex deflections
infinite trails
illuminates the alley where rests my body.
Ando perdido
por caminhos cruzados
complexos desvios
infinitos trilhos
não volto atrás
nem fujo do futuro
de caminhos incertos
complexos medos
infinitos sonhos.

Determinado
continuo e tropeço
caio de borco
e fico moribundo
arauto do tempo que vem
meu rosto afoga-se na sombra
e o sol
nas costas de minha imagem já sem alma
por caminhos cruzados
complexos desvios
infinitos trilhos
ilumina o beco repouso do meu corpo.

by Armando TABORDA, in "SONHOGRAFIAS", Universitária Editora, 2000

(post 1st edition, 2012; 2nd edition, 2016; 3rd edition, 2019; 4th edition, 2024))

12 comments

Armando Taborda replied to :

Merci infiniment à ma attentive lectrice, Agatha!
12 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

Je te remercie le fave, Le miroir de l'aube!
12 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

Thanks for fave, Bixxy!
12 years ago

Armando Taborda said:

Je te remercie le fave, Anna Mélia!
12 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

Je te remercie le fave, UKEO!
8 years ago ( translate )

J.Garcia said:

No!
Go ahead!!
8 years ago

Armando Taborda replied to J.Garcia:

...despite all tumbles...:)
8 years ago

Steve Bucknell said:

Inspiring, Armando, I feel it even through the blurred English, perhaps because of that blur, like painted marks made quickly across the canvas. It makes me want to write something again.
8 years ago

Armando Taborda replied to Steve Bucknell:

So, write again, please, Steve!
8 years ago ( translate )

Sylvie Coeffic said:

Que c'est beau Armando ! :-)
5 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda replied to Sylvie Coeffic:

Mille mercis à toi, Sylvie!
5 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

Thanks for fave, goandgo!
5 years ago ( translate )
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