Sunday, March 12, 2023

Alberto Estima de Oliveira — O Diálogo do Silêncio / The Dialogue of Silence 21

Fantastic gambling imagery in this one, though the final stanza makes me stumble a bit. Adding some punctuation would help my translation, but I'll save that for a future revision.

DAS

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21


nos longos
dedos
crispados
perdem-se
as vozes
da sorte
...
no gesto
lanço de esperança
a ânsia
...
na anónima
voz seca
a negação
a roleta.


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21


the voices
of fortune
are lost
in long
curled
fingers
...
desire
in the act
of a hopeful toss
...
in the anonymous
dry voice
denial
roulette.

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