Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (November 6, 1919 – July 2, 2004) was an award-winning Portuguese poet and writer. Quotes Lisbon, that name of being and non-beingWith its secret meanders of amazement, insomnia, and tin shacksAnd secret glitter of something theatricalIts conniving smile of intrigue and masksWhile the wide ocean dilates westLisbon rocking like a great boatLisbon cruelly built along its own absence "Lisbon", in Marine Rose: Selected Poems (1988), trans. Ruth Fainlight, p. 59. O Nome das Coisas (1977) thumb|This is the dawn I waited forThe new day clean and wholeWhen we emerge from night and silenceTo freely inhabit the substance of time Esta é a madrugada que eu esperavaO dia inicial inteiro e limpoOnde emergimos da noite e do silêncioE livres habitamos a substância do tempo This is the dawn I waited forThe new day clean and wholeWhen we emerge from night and silenceTo freely inhabit the substance of time "25 de Abril" ("25th April 1974"), in Log Book: Selected Poems, trans. ‎Richard Zenith (Carcanet, 1997), p. 78 External links Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen at Poetry International Web Category:2004 deaths Category:People from Porto Category:Poets from Portugal Category:Translators from Portugal