Sons da Escrita 198





Compasso a compasso, palavra a palavra, alinham-se, rigorosos, os sons da escrita.

Quando um homem interroga a água pura dos sentidos e ousa caminhar, serenamente, os esquecidos atalhos de todas as memórias, acontecem viagens — viagens entre o quase tudo e o quase nada.

Então, da raíz dos nervos da memória surge a planta de uma vida escutada no silêncio dos sons da escrita.

Sons da Escrita – à volta de uma ideia de José-António Moreira.



Mestre, são plácidas (Ricardo Reis)

Mestre, são plácidas
Todas as horas
Que nós perdemos.
Se no perdê-las,
Qual numa jarra,
Nós pomos flores.

Não há tristezas
Nem alegrias
Na nossa vida.
Assim saibamos.
Sábios incautos,
Não a viver,

Mas decorrê-la,
Tranquilos, plácidos,
Tendo as crianças
Por nossas mestras,
E os olhos cheios
De Natureza…

À beira-rio,
À beira-estrada,
Conforme calha.
Sempre no mesmo
Leve descanso
De estar vivendo.

O tempo passa,
Não nos diz nada.
Envelhecemos.
Saibamos, quase
Maliciosos,
Sentir-nos ir.

Mão vale a pena
Fazer um gesto.
Não se resiste
Ao deus atroz
Que os próprios filhos
Devora sempre.

Colhamos flores.
Molhemos leves
As nossas mãos
Nos rios calmos,
Para aprendermos
Calma também.

Girassóis sempre
Fitando o Sol,
Da vida iremos
Tranquilos, tendo
Nem o remorso
De ter vivido.





Take it easy (Eagles)

Well, I'm running down the road
tryin' to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind,
Four that wanna own me,
Two that wanna stone me,
One says she's a friend of mine,
Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels
Drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
Don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand
and take it easy

Well, I'm a standing on a corner
in Winslow Arizona
I'm such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed
Ford slowin' down to take a look at me
Come on, baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is
gonna save me
We may lose and we may win though
we will never be here again
so open up, I'm climbin' in,
take it easy..."Alright"

Well I'm running down the road trying to loosen
my load, got a world of trouble on my mind
lookin' for a lover who won't blow my
cover, she's so hard to find
Take it easy, take it easy
don't let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy,
come on baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me, ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh

Oh well you know we got it easy
We oughta take it easy, yeah



Prefiro rosas, meu amor (Ricardo Reis)

Prefiro rosas, meu amor, à pátria,
E antes magnólias amo
Que a glória e a virtude.

Logo que a vida me não canse, deixo
Que a vida por mim passe
Logo que eu fique o mesmo.

Que importa àquele a quem já nada importa
Que um perca e outro vença
Se a aurora raia sempre.

Se cada ano com a Primavera
As folhas aparecem
E com o Outono cessam?

E o resto, as outras coisas que os humanos
Acrescentam à vida,
Que me aumentam na alma?

Nada, salvo o desejo de indif'rença
E a confiança mole
Na hora fugitiva.





Life is just a passing parade (Carlos Santana)

When I was a little boy
I was raised down south in Mexico
Nothing ever happened that was new to me
Then one day we saw circus posters on the wall
Suddenly, All my friends and I
We heard a sound
It was loud
Music all around us seemed to make us free


Life is just a passing paradise
Life is just a passing paradise


Everybody started dancing
I never saw so many people having so much fun


Now I'm living in this country
And I have got myself a steady job
I keep seeing people happy everywhere
All I get to do is play my guitar


Come on! Everybody get together, have some fun
Come on! Everybody get together, have some fun


Life is just a passing paradise
Life is just a passing paradise


Everybody started dancing
I never saw so many people having so much fun



Uns, com os olhos postos no passado (Ricardo Reis)

Uns, com os olhos postos no passado,
Vêem o que não vêem; outros, fitos
Os mesmos olhos no futuro, vêem
O que não pode ver-se.

Porque tão longe ir pôr o que está perto -
A segurança nossa? Este é o dia,
Esta á a hora, este o momento, isto
É quem somos, e é tudo.

Perene flui a interminável hora
Que nos confessa nulos. No mesmo hausto
Em que vivemos, morreremos. Colhe
O dia, porque és ele.





These are the days of our lives (Queen)

Sometimes I get the feelin'
I was back in the old days - long ago
When we were kids when we were young
Things seemed so perfect - you know
The days were endless we were crazy we were young
The sun was always shinin' - we just lived for fun
Sometimes it seems like lately - I just don't know
The rest of my life's been just a show

Those were the days of our lives
The bad things in life were so few
Those days are all gone now but one thing is true
When I look and I find I still love you

You can't turn back the clock you can't turn back the tide
Ain't that a shame
I'd like to go back one time on a roller coaster ride
When life was just a game
No use in sitting and thinkin' on what you did
When you can lay back and enjoy it through your kids
Sometimes it seems like lately - I just don't know
Better sit back and go with the flow

Cos these are the days of our lives
They've flown in the swiftness of time
These days are all gone now but some things remain
When I look and I find no change

Those were the days of our lives - yeah
The bad things in life were so few
Those days are all gone now but one thing's still true
When I look and I find
I still love you

I still love you





Como as pedras na orla dos canteiros
O Fado nos dispõe, e ali ficamos;
Que a Sorte nos fez postos
Onde houvemos de sê-lo.

Não tenhamos melhor conhecimento
Do que nos coube que de que nos coube.
Cumpramos o que somos.
Nada mais nos é dado.



Com amizade: Davy Spillane, Patrick O’Hearn, Eagles, Carlos Santana, Queen, Ricardo Reis e José-António Moreira

Sejam felizes!, pelo menos, nos próximos minutos, nas próximas horas, nos próximos dias… no resto das vossas vidas, se forem capazes!

And in the end
the love you'll take
is equal to the love you make

Posted: seg - dezembro 15, 2008 at 07:07 PM          

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