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MY MOTHER'S MATTRESS

Upstairs, in the heat, beside the handkerchiefs,
my mother's navy-blue horsehair mattress

still, although it's August, smells of damp,
of horses in the hush of damp forests,

of Spassky, still a child, playing chess
all day long, with nobody, in silence -

Spassky, whose seductive ingenuity
my mother has no need to understand.

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O COLCHÃO DA MINHA MÃE

No andar de cima, com calor, ao lado dos lenços
o colchão de crina de cavalo azul-marinho da minha mãe,

apesar de estarmos em Agosto, ainda cheira ao bafio
dos cavalos no silêncio das florestas húmidas,

de Spassky, ainda criança, a jogar xadrez
sozinho, todo o dia, em silêncio -

Spassky, cuja sedutora ingenuidade
a minha mãe não conseguia compreender.

by Selima HILL, (b. 1945), British surrealist poet, in "LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS", Volume 38, Number 14, July 2016

(Portuguese translated by Armando TABORDA, 2016)
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Armando Taborda said:

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

Malik Raoulda said:

Magnifique Armando,tu fais un travail remarquable.
Bonne journée.
8 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda replied to Malik Raoulda:

Je te remercie du fond de mon coeur, Malik!
8 years ago ( translate )

Ulrich John said:

What a great poempoem. Together with this picture ! Have a nice afternoon, Armando
8 years ago

Armando Taborda replied to Ulrich John:

You are a nice friend of mine, Ulrich!

Thanks much!
8 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

Thanks for fave, cammino!
8 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda said:

Thanks for fave, .t.a.o.n.!
8 years ago ( translate )

Steve Bucknell said:

In the kitchen, Armando is playing chess with Glenn Gould.
Glenn is humming to himself. At the kitchen range, Selima
is cooking Prawns de Jo. It smells of rotting fish.

Never mind, says Selima, it will taste good. Armando
is confused:Glenn is playing the Goldberg Variation,
very slowly. It's time for hisTaborda Defence.
8 years ago

Armando Taborda replied to Steve Bucknell:

...but I'm defenseless, Steve!

I dont play chess! :) :)
8 years ago ( translate )

Steve Bucknell replied to Armando Taborda:

Glenn Gould doesn't play chess! Do you play the piano? Can you help Selima cook the fish stew?
8 years ago

Armando Taborda replied to Steve Bucknell:

...the Goldberg Variations are too difficult for my pianistic level...I think it's easier for me to be the Assistant of Chef Selima...:) :) :)
8 years ago

beverley said:

;-)
8 years ago ( translate )

Armando Taborda replied to beverley:

:)
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Armando Taborda said:

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