«Os vestidos fazem-me gorda, a comida engorda, mas os sapatos servem sempre!»
Rose - Toni Colletti
One Art
by Elizabeth Bishop
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.
From The Complete Poems 1927-1979 by Elizabeth Bishop, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc. Copyright © 1979, 1983 by Alice Helen Methfessel. Used with permission of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC. All rights reserved.
Uma arte
Elizabeth Bishop
A arte de perder não tarda aprender;
tantas coisas parecem feitas com o molde
da perda que o perdê-las não traz desastre.
Perca algo a cada dia. Aceita o susto
de perder chaves, e a hora passada embalde.
A arte de perder não tarda aprender.
Pratica perder mais rápido mil coisas mais:
lugares, nomes, onde pensaste de férias ir.
Nenhuma perda trará desastre.
Perdi o relógio de minha mãe. A última, ou a penúltima,
de minhas casas queridas foi-se.
Não tarda aprender, a arte de perder.
Perdi duas cidades, eram deliciosas. E,
pior, alguns reinos que tive, dois rios, um
continente. Sinto sua falta, nenhum desastre.
-Mesmo perder-te(a voz que ria, um gesto amado),
mentir não posso. É evidente:
a arte de perder muito não tarda aprender,
embora a perda(escreva isso!)lembre desastre.
That's life (that's life), that's what all the people say
You're ridin' high in April, shot down in May
But I know I'm gonna change that tune
When I'm back on top, back on top in June
I said that's life (that's life), and as funny as it may seem
Some people get their kicks stompin' on a dream
But I don't let it, let it get me down
'cause this fine old world, it keeps spinnin' around
I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and aking
I've been up and down and over and out and I know one thing
Each time I find myself flat on my face
I pick myself up and get back in the race
That's life (that's life), I tell you I can't deny it
I thought of quitting, baby, but my heart just ain't gonna buyit
And if I didn't think it was worth one single try
I'd jump right on a big bird and then I'd fly
I've been a puppet, a pauper, a pirate, a poet, a pawn and aking
I've been up and down and over and out and I know one thing
Each time I find myself layin' flat on my face
I just pick myself up and get back in the race
That's life (that's life), that's life and I can't deny it
Many times I thought of cuttin' out but my heart won't buy it
But if there's nothin' shakin' come this here July
I'm gonna roll myself up in a big ball a-and die
My, my!
