DO MAR
Ficaram vestígios do mar em teu coração.
O vento quer soprar
numa criança
com uma navalha na mão.
–
▪ Maria Azenha
( Portugal 🇵🇹 )
in “O guardador de segredos”
— inédito —
OF THE SEA
There were glimmers of the sea in your heart.
The wind wants to blow itself
through a child
with a blade in its fist.
_
▪ Maria Azenha
( Portugal 🇵🇹 )
in “The Keeper of Secrets”
— unpublished —
Translation by Lesley Saunders 🇬🇧 Poet and educationalist