Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
mistura de Natureza
English translation:
blend/mix of nature
Portuguese term
mistura de Natureza
No meu prato que mistura de Natureza!
As minhas irmãs as plantas,
As companheiras das fontes, as santas
A quem ninguém reza...
E cortam-se e vêm à nossa mesa
E nos hotéis os hóspedes ruidosos,
Que chegam com correias tendo mantas
Pedem «Salada», descuidosos…,
Sem pensar que exigem à Terra-Mãe
A sua frescura e os seus filhos primeiros,
As primeiras verdes palavras que ela tem,
As primeiras coisas vivas e irisantes
Que Noé viu
Quando as águas desceram e o cimo dos montes
Verde e alagado surgiu
E no ar por onde a pomba apareceu
O arco-íris se esbateu... -- Alberto Caeiro / Fernando Pessoa
Temporary (Unedited) Translation:
On my plate what a mixture of green!
The plants are my sisters,
Companions of the springs, saints
Nobody ever prays to...
And cut, they're served on our tables
And in the hotels, noisy guests,
Who come in wearing their belts and shawls,
Order their salads, not worrying...,
Not thinking they're claiming from Mother Earth
Her freshness and her first-born produce,
The first green words she can pronounce,
The first living and rainbow-tinged creatures
That by Noah were seen
When the water went down and the hilltop
Emerged, swampy and green
And in the air where a dove appeared
The rainbow colors were tempered...
PS: Comments and/or suggestions to improve this translation are greatly appreciated. Please feel free to send a message to my inbox. Not very easy to translate Fernando Pessoa!
3 | a blend of nature | Mario Freitas |
Oct 13, 2023 16:19: Oliver Simões changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2407412">Oliver Simões's</a> old entry - "mistura de Natureza"" to ""a mix of nature""
Oct 13, 2023 16:19: Oliver Simões changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2407412">Oliver Simões's</a> old entry - "mistura de Natureza"" to ""a blend of nature""
Oct 13, 2023 16:19: Oliver Simões changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2407412">Oliver Simões's</a> old entry - "mistura de Natureza"" to ""a mix of nature""
Oct 13, 2023 16:19: Oliver Simões changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/2407412">Oliver Simões's</a> old entry - "mistura de Natureza"" to ""mix of nature""
Proposed translations
a blend of nature
I like it. Thank you, Mario. |
Discussion
Behold with awe a Green Ocean
Before us a mound, just simple things
Born of Holy Water, and Sacred Springs
Alas taken now without Devotion