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4 comments so far...

GSoares August 08, 2012, 08:31 AM
Beleza!
Martina Weber plus August 08, 2012, 05:19 PM
can I ask for translation, please ?
:-)
Paulo Brabo Team 23 August 08, 2012, 06:18 PM
I may try, but this is just the very beginning of the poem:

THE PLEDGE

"You say, oh little Mary
That you don't believe my promises
That never fulfilled they are!
But if I haven't promised you anything,
how can you, silly one,
know if I fulfill them or not?

You say I always lie,
That I protest what I don't feel,
That every poet is fickle,
Capricious as a butterfly;
But now, in this very instant,
I'll prove you the contrary."

My favorite part, though, is the ending of the pledge itself, a bit later:

"By the lilies, by the roses,
By the beautiful stars,
By the sun that shines right now,
I swear I'll give you, Mary
Forty kisses every day,
And ten hugs every hour"

In Portuguese there's a simple, disarming beauty in it.

I've made a small animation from this poem (in Portuguese):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTjkbjq3FqU&hd=1

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Martina Weber plus August 08, 2012, 06:40 PM
thank you so much, dear Paulo!
It is touching and true, isn't it? ;-)
thank you for the lovely animation and the posting!




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