Poems for Life - Poesias para a Vida


Yesterday was the celebration of Vinicius de Moraes' centennial. He was born on October 19,1913.

Vinicius studied law at the Catete University (UFRJ) in Rio de Janeiro-Brazil, and English Literature at Oxford University in England. He became a diplomat in 1943, and served in Los Angeles, París, and Montevideo. He has transponed the lyricism characteristic of his poetry into popular music, and today is considered to be "the Pope of Bossa Nova." 

 Part of his poem - The Acrobats

"Let us go up!
Go up higher
Go up beyond, go up
Above beyond, let us go up!
With the physical possession of our arms
We will inexorably climb
The great oceans of stars
Through thousands of years of light."

Tradução de trecho do poema - Os Acrobatas:

"Subamos!
Subamos acima
Subamos além, subamos
Acima do além, subamos!
Com a posse fisica dos braços
Inelutavelmente galgaremos
O grande mar de estrelas
Através de milênios de luz."


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