Who dreamed that beauty passes like a dream?
For these red lips, with all their mournful pride,
Mournful that no new wonder may betide,
Troy passed away in one high funeral gleam,
And Usna's children died.
We and the labouring world are passing by:
Amid men's souls, that waver and give place
Like the pale waters in their wintry race,
Under the passing stars, foam of the sky,
Lives on this lonely face.
Bow down, archangels, in your dim abode:
Before you were, or any hearts to beat,
Weary and kind one lingered by His seat;
He made the world to be a grassy road
Before her wandering feet.
Note: William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Quem sonhou que a beleza passa como um sonho?
For these red lips, with all their mournful pride,
Mournful that no new wonder may betide,
Troy passed away in one high funeral gleam,
And Usna's children died.
We and the labouring world are passing by:
Amid men's souls, that waver and give place
Like the pale waters in their wintry race,
Under the passing stars, foam of the sky,
Lives on this lonely face.
Bow down, archangels, in your dim abode:
Before you were, or any hearts to beat,
Weary and kind one lingered by His seat;
He made the world to be a grassy road
Before her wandering feet.
Note: William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Quem sonhou que a beleza passa como um sonho?
Por estes lábios vermelhos, com todo o seu magoado orgulho,
Tão magoados que nem o prodígio os pode alcançar,
Tróia desvaneceu-se em alta chama fúnebre,
E morreram os filhos de Usna.
Nós passamos e passa o trabalho do mundo:
Entre humanas almas que se agitam e quebram
Como as pálidas águas e seu fluxo invernal,
Sob as estrelas que passam, sob a espuma do céu,
Vive este solitário rosto.
Inclinai-vos, arcanjos, em vossa incerta morada:
Antes de vós, ou de qualquer palpitante coração,
Fatigado e gentil alguém esperava junto ao seu trono;
Ele fez do mundo um caminho de erva
Para os seus errantes pés.
Nota : William Butler Yeats - Dublin 1865/Menton-França 1939)
in: ROSA DO MUNDO 2001 - POEMAS PARA O FUTURO
Porto 2001/Capital Europeia da Cultura
Ed: Assírio e Alvim
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