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Portuguese term or phrase:
Boiam leves, desatentos,
English translation:
They float lightly, mindlessly,
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Oliver Simões
Feb 7, 2019 18:24
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Portuguese term
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Boiam leves, desatentos,
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Fernando Pessoa
Not sure how to translate this line, which is also the title of the poem. I thought of "Lightly and inattentively, they float", "They float lightly, inattentively". Any thoughts or suggestions?
"Boiam leves, desatentos,
Meus pensamentos de mágoa
Como, no sono dos ventos,
As algas, cabelos lentos
Do corpo morto das águas."
-- Fernando Pessoa
"Boiam leves, desatentos,
Meus pensamentos de mágoa
Como, no sono dos ventos,
As algas, cabelos lentos
Do corpo morto das águas."
-- Fernando Pessoa
Proposed translations
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| 5 +3 | They float lightly, mindlessly, |
Uvierode Woglo
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Proposed translations
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Uvierode Woglo
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They float lightly, mindlessly,
'Mindlessly', meaning without attention in this case.
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Comment: "Thank you, Uvierode."
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