"Lisbon, that name of being and non-being With its secret meanders of amazement, insomnia, and tin shacks And secret glitter of something theatrical Its conniving smile of intrigue and masks While the wide ocean dilates west Lisbon rocking like a great boat Lisbon cruelly built along its own absence"
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"Lisbon", in Marine Rose: Selected Poems (1988), trans. Ruth Fainlight, p. 59.
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Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (November 6, 1919 – July 2, 2004) was an award-winning Portuguese poet and writer.
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