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A BOWL OF SOUP

A bowl of soup a humble bowl of soup
I am moved to see it in a festive day
and I enter in the soup
and I am eaten by myself with tears in the eyes

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UM PRATO DE SOPA

Um prato de sopa um humilde prato de sopa
comovo-me ao vê-lo no dia de festa
e entro dentro da sopa
e sou comido por mim próprio com lágrimas nos olhos

by Ruy BELO (1933-1978), in "TODOS OS POEMAS", Edição do Círculo de Leitores, 2000

(English translated by Armando TABORDA)

(1st edition, 2014; 2nd edition, 2017)
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17 comments

.t.a.o.n. said:

something left for me, please ? ;-)
9 years ago

Armando Taborda replied to .t.a.o.n.:

yes but take care, Robert, you may be eaten by yourself :)
9 years ago

.t.a.o.n. replied to Armando Taborda:

if i eat just my tears, all is ok ! :-)
9 years ago

Armando Taborda replied to .t.a.o.n.:

:)
9 years ago ( translate )

Xata said:

Papão feito sopa ou "la petite madeleine de Proust"?
9 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda replied to Xata:

...desde o João Ratão que a sopa é um destino concreto, Isabel! :)
9 years ago ( translate )

Xata replied to Armando Taborda:

Mais prosaico mas também…vai à sopa!
9 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

Thanks for fave, Demetrius Chyssikos!
9 years ago

Armando Taborda said:

Thanks for fave, Ulrich John!
9 years ago

Armando Taborda said:

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

Christel Ehretsmann said:

dainty forget me not and dainty bowl
9 years ago

Armando Taborda replied to Christel Ehretsmann:

...and dainty comment

thanks Christel
9 years ago

Armando Taborda said:

Thanks for fave, Lorenzo Salmonson!
9 years ago ( translate )

Malik Raoulda said:

Une soupe bien chaude a partager +++++++
7 years ago ( translate )

Steve Bucknell said:

Wonderful poem and translation. And the ladle looks overcome with emotion. Good combination of words and image. A classic ekphrastic.
7 years ago