POEMS FROM THE PORTUGUESE
POEMA DE JORGE SOUSA BRAGA
UMA FOTOGRAFIA DO 25 DE ABRIL
Primeiro as árvores cobriram-se de folhas
Depois de pássaros
e depois de homens.
in O poeta Nu, 2007
A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE 25TH OF APRIL
First the trees were covered with leaves
Then with birds
and then with men.
© Translated by Ana Hudson, 2011
in Poems from the Portuguese