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An introduction
to the poem: Albeit
the illustration chosen by me, this poem- my personal favourite
from this Cycle- is about a symbolic storm: that of Portugal wanting
to be the nation of the Fifth Empire but not knowing the way (because
The Yearned-for has not yet arisen). But a lightning bolt shines
briefly in the night: God is showing the way and his beacon is Fernando
Pessoa himself!
Storm
What
lies in the abyss beneath the sea that rises up?
We, Portugal, the possibility of becoming.
What restlessness from the depths lifts us up?
The wish to be able to become.
This, and the mystery of which night is the splendour.
But suddenly, where the wind roars,
A lightning bolt, beacon of God, for a moment
Shines and the dark sea thunders.
NOTA: Ver
a tradução de 1997 do Prof. Mike Harland AQUI
(que eu li antes de produzir a versão acima).
Para uma discussão
muito breve do simbolismo deste poema inserido no conjunto d'Os
Tempos ver a minha introdução
a "O Encoberto".
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