'One Art', de Elizabeth Bishop - a arte de perder

ONE ART

The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster,

Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.

I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.

I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.

- Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.

Elizabeth Bishop

                               É fácil dominar a arte de perder
                               Tantas coisas parecem ter vontade
                               de perder, que se perdem sem doer.

                               Perde cada dia alguma coisa. Aceita nem sequer
                               das chaves da porta saber, desvanecer uma hora.
                               É facil dominar a arte de perder.

                               Depois pratica perdas graves, a irromper:
                               lugares, e nomes, e sítios aonde querias
                               viajar. Que se perdem sem doer.

                               Perdi o relógio da Mãe. E querem ver?
                               A mais querida de três casas foi-se.
                               É fácil dominar a arte de perder.

                               Perdi duas cidades, lindas. E, a acrescer
                               propriedades, dois rios, um continente.
                               Sinto a falta, mas não me fez doer.

                               - Mesmo se a ti perder (a voz, um gesto qualquer
                               que adoro) não estarei mentindo. É evidente
                               que é fácil dominar a arte de perder
                               embora possa mesmo (Escreve!) sim, doer.

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