TRUTHS

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  BEEHIVES  
 
 

TO LOPES DE AZEREDO

 

 

 

 

It was a beehive amid the hill,

in a narrow cave, where it rose,

the open mouth in front of the horizon.

Leave of it bees in crop

of honey, skillful, winged, peregrine

and beyond, by the orchard, far away they flew;

and, restless, aerial, small

they went some and then others returned.

 

 

 

 

In the cave of the chest, the humanity

possesses the heart that is — a beehive.

They inhabit it with all freedom

bees — hopes. In the way

of those, they go, also, inconstant, these:

Some take their flight and they leave,

while others arrive light, swift,

and they enter singing sonorous music.

 

 

 

 

There is still another similar point

in the homes of different bees:

It is a tormenting anomaly

that just brings inclement sadness:

The beehive of mud it happens, perfect,

to be without a bee, abandoned —

também a que nós temos entre o peito

de esperanças sói ser desabitada.

 

 

 

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