"Transforma-se o amador na cousa amada, Por virtude do muito imaginar; Não tenho, logo, mais que desejar, Pois em mim tenho a parte desejada."
— Luís de Camões

January 1, 1970

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The lover becomes the thing he loves By virtue of much imagining; Since what I long for is already in me, The act of longing should be enough.