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It was the blue sky, the green field, the land

dark.

It was the flesh of the trees, elastic and hard,

It was the drops of blood from the resin

And the leaves on which the light breaks.

 

Were the paths in a slow going,

Were the hands deep in the wind

It was the free and luminous call

From the wing of fugitive spaces.

 

It was the pines where the sky rests,

It was the weight and it was the color of each thing,

Your stillness, secretly alive,

Your affirmative exaltation.

 

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

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Natureza cinzenta e triste

 

Era o céu azul, o campo verde, a terra

Sombrio.

Era a carne das árvores, elástica e dura,

Foram as gotas de sangue da resina

E as folhas nas quais a luz irrompe.

 

Os caminhos estavam indo devagar,

Foram as mãos profundamente no vento

Foi a chamada gratuita e luminosa

Da asa de espaços fugitivos.

 

Foram os pinheiros onde o céu repousa,

Era o peso e era a cor de cada coisa,

Sua quietude, secretamente viva,

Sua exaltação afirmativa.

 

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

 

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