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Charlotte Posted 23 years ago

Fernando Pessoa

Here's a poem I love, written by one of Pessoa's heteronyms, Alvaro de Campos. (translated by J.Griffin)

I Have a Terrible Cold

I have a terrible cold,
And everyone knows how terrible colds
Alter the whole system of the universe,
Set us against life,
And make even metaphysics sneeze.
I have wasted the whole day blowing my nose.
My head is aching vaguely.
Sad condition for a minor poet!
Today I am really and truly a minor poet.
What I was in old days was a wish; it's gone.

Goodbye for ever, queen of fairies!
Your wings were made of sun, and I am walking here.
I shan't get well unless I go and lie down on my bed.
I never was well except lying down on the Universe.

Excusez un peu ... What a terrible cold! ... it's
physical!
I need truth and aspirin.


(14.03.1931)
  

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and some hot milk, honey.

— Maj

  • and some hot milk, honey.
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and some hot milk, honey.
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Emotion: big smile right, maj, and some Mongolian tea: milk, butter, salt and some brandy. It makes you feel like you want to throw up, but it mak
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Lol! Do you need those kind of miracles, too? haha.
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It depends on what you understand by miracles. Sometimes a miracle for me can be the most trivial thing for somebody else.Emotion: wink
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Yeah. Miracles. Mongolian tea. You know they say the best beer is Czeh, the best rhythm and blues is American, the best tea is Indian and the best girls are Brazilian. And i always used to listen to Czeh rhythm and blues, to drink Brazilian tea and Indian beer ...
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