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I'm beggining to know myself. I don't exist.
I'm the gap between what I'd like to be and what others have made me,
Or half of this gap, since there's also life...
That's me. Period.
Turn off the light, shut the door, and quit that slipper noise in the hallway.
Leave me alone in my room with the vast peace of myself.
It's a shoddy universe.

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Começo a conhecer-me. Não existo.
Sou o intervalo entre o que desejo ser e os outros me fizeram,
Ou metade desse intervalo, porque também há vida...
Sou isso, enfim...
Apague a luz, feche a porta e deixe de ter barulhos de chinelos no corredor.
Fique eu no quarto só com o grande sossego de mim mesmo.
É um universo barato.


by Álvaro de Campos (Fernando PESSOA)

(1st edition, 2012; 2nd edition, 2017)
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Armando Taborda replied to :

Oui, je les peux sentir, Agatha!!
13 years ago ( translate )

Christel Ehretsmann said:

I love Pessoa and his reflexions about his inner sense of himself
13 years ago

Armando Taborda replied to Christel Ehretsmann:

...of himself, of ourselves, of the Universe!...thanks Christel...
13 years ago

Armando Taborda said:

Je te remercie le fave, Laurence!
9 years ago ( translate )

Nouchetdu38 said:

Excellent! A méditer!
9 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda replied to Nouchetdu38:

...et à vivre résigné avec la condition humaine...
9 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

Thanks for fave, Ulrich John!
9 years ago

Malik Raoulda said:

Toute une joie +++++++
Bonne soirée.
9 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda replied to Malik Raoulda:

...et vivre résigné avec la condition humaine...

Bonjour Malik!
9 years ago ( translate )

Xata said:

Restam os sonhos...neles tudo é possível...
9 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda replied to Xata:

o Fernando Pessoa e a maioria de nós sonhamos acordados :)
9 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

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