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Wrinkles - Rugas

I feel the sun

in the wrinkles of my hands

empty of light

the shadows are

on the fingers

rings sparkling

the morning.

Sinto o sol

nas rugas de minhas mãos

vazias de luz

as sombras são

nos dedos

anéis que refulgem

manhã.

by Armado TABORDA, in "PALAVRAS, MÚSICAS E BLASFÉMIAS QUE ENVELHEÇO NA CIDADE", Ulmeiro Editores,1996

(post 1st edition, 2015; 2nd edition, 2017; 3rd edition, 2021; 4th edition, 2024)

23 comments

Armando Taborda said:

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

Armando Taborda said:

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

Armando Taborda said:

Je te remercie le vote, Agatha!
16 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

Je te remercie le vote, Pierre!
16 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

Je te remercie le vote, Clara!
16 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda replied to :

...and I like yours...MacKey...it's a variation upon the same theme...
16 years ago

Armando Taborda said:

Grato pela tua preferêcia, Elsa!
16 years ago ( translate )

beverley said:

o0o alas we are always a day older than yesterday ;-) oOo

kiss
10 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda replied to beverley:

next day there will be a new morning, Bev

kiss
10 years ago

beverley said:

Nod by Walter De la Mare. 1873

SOFTLY along the road of evening,
In a twilight dim with rose,
Wrinkled with age, and drenched with dew
Old Nod, the shepherd, goes.

His drowsy flock streams on before him,
Their fleeces charged with gold,
To where the sun's last beam leans low
On Nod the shepherd's fold.

The hedge is quick and green with briar,
From their sand the conies creep;
And all the birds that fly in heaven
Flock singing home to sleep.

His lambs outnumber a noon's roses,
Yet, when night's shadows fall,
His blind old sheep-dog, Slumber-soon,
Misses not one of all.

His are the quiet steeps of dreamland,
The waters of no-more-pain;
His ram's bell rings 'neath an arch of stars,
"Rest, rest, and rest again."
10 years ago

Armando Taborda replied to beverley:

Many thanks for quotation, Bev.
10 years ago

beverley replied to :

o0o always we hope ;-) oOo

kiss
10 years ago

beverley replied to :

o0o I wonder if you have hear this one before ;-) oOo
10 years ago

Rita Guimaraes said:

Ah, as rugas, a idade, o tempo que passou!
Ainda, o cansaço no olhar, inexorável para quem buscou algo mais do que a própria vida poderia lhe dar.
Lindo poema, menino.
Beijos
10 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda replied to :

to be honest, it's the first time I've heard, Bev

kiss
10 years ago