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This is a kind of legend of the origin of the world which I wrote quite a long time ago, then found in an old notebook this year. It´s originally in Portuguese, so I´m including the original and a translation - which may sound kinda unnatural and sometimes really crappy. Maybe I should kind of rewrite it instead of translating... well, let´s see what people think.
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No início era só o Nada.
O grande pai Nada,
que por tempos e tempos reinou absoluto
no nada universal.
Um dia, porém, sentiu falta de algo
como se, finalmente,
o Nada se cansasse de ser sozinho.
Então, o Nada negou o nada,
e nesse dia, do nada surgiu alguém,
uma companheira,
Tudo, a senhora do universo.
E numa noite iluminada,
Tudo e Nada, por um momento,
tornaram-se um,
e assim originou-se tudo,
e surgiram os primeiros filhos do universo.
O pai Não e a mãe Sim.
English Version
Creation
In the beginning it was only Nothing.
The great father Nothing,
that for times and times was the absolute ruler
in the nothingness of the universe.
One day, however, he missed something
as if, finally,
Nothing had gotten tired of being alone.
Thus, Nothing rejected the nothingness,
and, on this day, from the nothingness somebody came,
a companion,
All, the lady of the universe.
And in a night full of light,
All and Nothing, for a moment,
turned into one,
and so all was originated,
and the first children of the universe appeared.
The father Not and the mother Yes.
| Date | Name | Comment | | | 22 Apr 2006 | Anonymous | Loading...Thats a nice poem. You could go far... | |
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