ZODÍACO
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AR
Gêmeos
Eu, irmão de mim mesmo,
Metades fundidas e indivisíveis.
A alma aquém e além do espelho.Libra
Quanto vale uma certeza?
Feita de ar e pensamento raro...
Leve como a mão que acaricia,
Pesada como a cabeça que decide.Aquário
O ar se desintegra
Em paredes de vidro esverdeado.
No reino de alga e de lodo,
E luz, de todos os lados...ÁGUA
Câncer
A água me leva e me traz.
Filho da água, abandono-me e vou...
E ela sabe para onde.Escorpião
Criatura de sombra,
Não te vejo e tu me vês.
Com olhos de cristal ardente:
Janelas encortinadas da alma.Peixes
Espuma na mansidão da água...
Subir a corredeira,
Tarefa árdua.
Mas o peixe, leve, salta.
Nem sabe de nada.FOGO
Aries
A cabeça, o leme
O barco de fogo
Navega através do gelo,
Desintegrando medos.Leão
O coração vermelho pulsa,
Todas as certezas dentro dele.
Os olhos procuram
O que ainda houver por conquistar.Sagitário
Seta, viajante incerta.
Tu, homem e animal,
És o caçador de ti mesmo?TERRA
Touro
Animal sem rédeas:
Carne, couro, pelo.
Fera voraz
Que consome e alimenta.Virgem
Casa, e roupa, e comida.
Tempo...
Coisas, horas, lugares,
Tudo em seu momento.Capricórnio
Chifres através de tijolos,
Muros abaixo, paredes abaixo.
Tuas próprias portas,
Chaves na fechadura...AIR
Gemini
I am my own brother,
Two halves indivisible and fused together,
The spirit before and beyond, through the mirror.Libra
What then is the value of certainty?
Made of air and rarefied thinking . . .
Light as the touch of a caressing hand,
But heavy as the head that must decide.Aquarius
The air dissolves
In walls of greenish glass,
In the kingdom of gravel and sea grass
And light from every side.WATER
Cancer
The water takes me here and there.
Child of the water, I submit myself and go . . .
And only she knows where.Scorpio
Creature hiding in shadows,
I cannot see you, you see me
With eyes of burning crystal,
The window curtains of your spirit.Pisces
Foam on the quietness of still water . . .
Traversing up the rapids,
Labor so daunting.
But the fish so lightly leaping
Does not know anything.FIRE
Aries
With butting prow and rudder behind,
The fire boat comes a-sailing,
Makes its way, breaking thru the ice-floes,
Shattering fear and terror.Leo
Red is the beating heart as it pulses:
Within, ev'rything is known for certain.
The eyes remain watchful,
Looking for what may yet be overcome.Sagittarius
Arrow, arrow, traveler uncertain,
You are both man and beast . . .
Are you both the hunter and also the hunted?EARTH
Taurus
Animal unbridled:
Flesh with hide and hair,
Voracious beast,
One devouring and feeding.Virgo
Household and clothing and all the cooking
Takes time . . .
Matters, moments, locations,
Everything in its place.Capricorn
Horns are breaking through the brick walls.
Barriers are falling, defences are crumbling.
All your private entries,
Armed with keys in the door locks . . .
Portuguese text by André Vidal (2002) and
English translation by Wilbur Skeels (2006)
both copyright © 2006 by Cantus Quercus Press.
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