Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Portuguese poet and writer (1919-2004)
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (November 6, 1919 – July 2, 2004) was an award-winning Portuguese poet and writer.
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Quotes
edit- Lisbon, that name of being and non-being
With its secret meanders of amazement, insomnia, and tin shacks
And secret glitter of something theatrical
Its conniving smile of intrigue and masks
While the wide ocean dilates west
Lisbon rocking like a great boat
Lisbon cruelly built along its own absence- "Lisbon", in Marine Rose: Selected Poems (1988), trans. Ruth Fainlight, p. 59.
O Nome das Coisas (1977)
editThe new day clean and whole
When we emerge from night and silence
To freely inhabit the substance of time
- Esta é a madrugada que eu esperava
O dia inicial inteiro e limpo
Onde emergimos da noite e do silêncio
E livres habitamos a substância do tempo- This is the dawn I waited for
The new day clean and whole
When we emerge from night and silence
To freely inhabit the substance of time - "25 de Abril" ("25th April 1974"), in Log Book: Selected Poems, trans. Richard Zenith (Carcanet, 1997), p. 78
- This is the dawn I waited for
External links
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- Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen at Poetry International Web