I went to Sintra

to look for you

I found blue green white red brown yellow flowers

very beautiful

exotic and endemic plants vegetating on the slopes

of alive stone

at the Serra of Sintra

with you in mind

I recognized perfumes shadows light

I lost you at sea.

Fui a Sintra

procurar-te

encontrei flores azuis verdes brancas vermelhas castanhas amarelas

muito belas

exóticas e endémicas plantas vegetando na encosta

de pedra viva

na Serra de Sintra

contigo no pensamento

reconheci perfumes sombras luz

perdi-te no mar.

by Armando TABORDA, in "Manual do Desperdício", Ceres Editora, 1994

(post 1st edition, 2009; 2nd edition, 2025)