First of the Series: Translating my Portuguese Poems

Automaton

circumstantial nomad
automaton in the desert
while there is breath of wind

MichaelFrey, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

I tend to aim for a balance between literal translations and formal equivalence. In this case I can only say that both the original and its English version have cool distinctive free rhythms.

The original, in case you wonder:

Autômato

nômade circunstancial
autômato no deserto
enquanto há fôlego de vento

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T!el Fajardo

Art still thrills me. Aphantasic brazilian writer, born in the 90's. I enjoy reading mostly poetry, sci-fi, and shonen-seinen manga. Favorite authors: Asimov, Tolkien, Guilherme de Almeida, Paulo Leminski, Douglas Adams, Tite Kubo, Yoshihiro Togashi... I also write songs.

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