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"The Stones I Tread"

"The Stones I Tread"
I do not know the stones I tread
In the wild path
But I know the direction I follow

I do not know where the valley drives me
In its troubled water
But I know it is into the sea

I do not know where the cry leads me
In its brief resonance
But I know it will echo in the mountains

I don' know who I am
I don't know how I got here
But I know I will dwell this ground
As the stars I tread.

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Não sei as pedras que piso
Na vereda agreste
Mas sei o rumo que sigo

Não sei onde me leva o vale
Nas suas águas bravas
Mas sei que é para o mar

Não sei aonde me leva o grito
Na sua ressonância breve
Mas sei que ecoará nas montanhas

Não sei quem sou
Não sei como cheguei aqui
Mas sei que habitarei este chão
Como as pedras que piso.

by Fernando Reis LUÍS, in "NOS SOCALCOS DA SERRA", Arandis Editora, 2014

(English translated by Armando TABORDA, 2014)

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

Ulrich John, Steve Bucknell, Malik Raoulda, buonacoppi and 7 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Remarquable et belle évasion poétique ++++++
8 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club has replied
Merci à toi, Malik!
8 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club
Thanks for fave, Steve Bucknell!
8 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Nice picture and nice words !
8 years ago.
 Armando Taborda
Armando Taborda club has replied
Thanks twice, my friend!
8 years ago.

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