Pena
Sinto pena
vendo efêmeras
formigas correndo
trôpegas na terra
e céleres colibris
sugando ávidos
flores provisórias
Lembro matas:
castanheiras seculares
torres nas alturas
dos ares.
Lembro rios:
quinhentonas tartarugas
quase eternas
nas águas.
Castanheiras tartarugas
teriam pena de mim?
(eu formiga, eu colibri)
Pity
I feel pity
watching ephemeral
ants running
stumbling along the ground
and swift hummingbirds
eagerly sucking
transitory flowers
And I remember forests:
ancient chestnut trees
towering to
the highest winds.
I remember rivers:
turtles centuries old
almost eternal
in their waters.
Chestnut trees and turtles
do they feel pity for me?
(I the ant, I the hummingbird)
Astrid Cabral
Fotografías de © Mecuro B Cotto
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