Portuguese Poetry with Translations

On Friday, December 16, 2005, 8 PM, the Candlelight Reading Series presents a bi-lingual reading of mostly 20th century poetry from Portugal, Brazil and Mozambique performed in Portuguese with translations in English at Revelations.

“Portugal is a land of poets.” For such a small country, it’s amazing that Portugal publishes about as many poetry collections a year as America.

Enlightened resignation paired to a vague sense of “saudade” (longing for spiritual, and worldly, identity) pervade much of Portuguese poetry. The language is very mellifluous and fascinating to listen to. Raquel Valls will recite the poems in the original Portuguese. Freddy Niagara Fonseca reads the translations. Admission is free.

PROGRAM

Poetry in Portuguese from Portugal, Brazil, Curaçao and Mozambique. Raquel Valls recites the poems in the original Portuguese, and Freddy Niagara Fonseca reads the translations

Portugal--Fernando Pessoa: Viajar! Perder Países!--To Travel! Leave Countries Behind

Portugal--Nuno Júdice: Receita para Fazer Azul--Recipe for Making the Color Blue

Portugal--Eugénio de Andrade: As Palavras--Words

Mozambique--Eduardo White: O peso da vida!--The Burden of Life!

Brazil--João Cabral de Melo Neto: A Educação pela Pedra--Education by Stone

Brazil--Vinícius de Moraes: Sonêto de Separação--Sonnet on Separation

Portugal--Carlos de Oliveira: Instante--An Instant

Portugal--Fernando Pessoa: Não quero nada--Lisbon Revisited (1923)

Brazil--Cassiano Ricardo: Anoitecer--Nightfall

Portugal--Adília Lopes: Meteorológica--Weather Report

Portugal--Fernando Pessoa: Durmo--I Sleep

Portugal--Luiza Neto Jorge: A Cabeça em Ambulância--Head in an Ambulance

Curaçao--Freddy Niagara Fonseca: Carnaval no Rio!*--Carnival in Rio!

Portugal--Luís de Camões: Quando da bela vista--Whenever Your Beautiful Face

Portugal--Nuno Júdice: Meditação Sobre Ruínas--Meditation on Ruins

Portugal--Gonçalo M. Tavares: A água--Water

Portugal--Carlos de Oliveira: Tarde--Afternoon

Portugal--Fernando Pessoa: Ao volante do Chevrolet--At the Wheel of the Chevrolet

Portugal--Alexandre O’Neill: Bom e Expressivo--Simply Expressive

Brazil--Carlos Drummond de Andrade: Retrato de Família--Family Portrait

Portugal--Adília Lopes: La Femme de Trente Ans--Thirty-Year-Old Woman

Portugal--Fernando Pessoa: Meto-me para dentro--I Go Indoors, and Shut the                                                                           Window

Brazil--Cassiano Ricardo: O Canto da Juriti--The Song of the Wild Dove

Portugal--António Ramos Rosa: Não posso adiar o amor--I Can’t Put Love Off

Portugal--Fernando Pessoa: Mar Português (Mensagem)--Portuguese Sea (from Message)

* Freddy’s “Carnaval no Rio!” was originally written in English, but for the purpose of this reading translated into Portuguese by Raquel

The 2005 Readings

Design and copyright 2009 Freddy Niagara Fonseca

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