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Poems from the PortuguesePOEMS FROM THE PORTUGUESE
por Poems from the PortuguesePOEMA DE MARIA ANDRESEN VERÃO ANTIGO há um odor, um cheiroentre ti e tojo – figueira cigarra amendoeirao passo amedrontado o sol um cão sentado a mãoum gato leve lento o crescimentoo mover da tarde tão álacre o mundoa espantada fomea mão o caminho do farolpela poeira in Lugares, 2010 LONG GONE SUMMER there is a smell, a scentbetween the gorse and you – the fig tree almond cicadasthe sun’s uncertain step a sitting dog a handa cat light and slow growing upthe advancing afternoon so eager the worldastonished hungerthe hand the way to the lighthousethrough the dusty earth © Translated by Ana Hudson, 2010in Poems from the Portuguese