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Dance

Dance
Dance

They are lithesome, full of grace.
Ferocious, too,
like a bunch of burning rooftop cats.

They are young and they are dancing – as beautiful
as dunes, wheat, mustangs.


© Translation: 2003, Alexis Levitin
From: Forbidden Words
Publisher: New Directions, New York, 2003




Dança

Eram a delicadeza, a graça.
Mas também a fúria
da gataria ardendo nos telhados.

São jovens e dançam – formosos
como as dunas, os trigos, os cavalos.


© 1997, Eugénio de Andrade
From: Pequeno Formato
Publisher: Fundação Eugénio de Andrade, Oporto