"Alma minha gentil, que te partiste Tão cedo desta vida descontente, Repousa lá no Céu eternamente, E viva eu cá na terra sempre triste."
— Luís de Camões

January 1, 1970

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Dear gentle soul, you that departed this life so soon and reluctantly, rest in heaven eternally while I remain here, broken-hearted. — tr. Langed White, in The Collected Lyric Poems of Luis de Camoes (2016), p. 357