POEMS FROM THE PORTUGUESE
POEMA DE LUÍS FILIPE PARRADO
NATUREZA MORTA COM MAÇÃS
É triste
o espectáculo do amor
apodrecendo aos poucos,
na fruteira
as maçãs que te trouxe
têm agora a pele seca e enrugada.
in Entre a Carne e o Osso, 2012
STILL LIFE WITH APPLES
It’s sad
the display of love
rotting here and there,
in the fruit bowl
the apples I brought you
have now a dry and shriveled skin.
© Translated by Ana Hudson, 2010
in Poems from the Portuguese