Solitude! <br />Blackout! <br />I try to pull out of my chest <br />This sad heart. <br /> <br />To place it in a tray <br />And make a sale, <br />Who gives more? <br />Who gives more? <br />For this heart full of sweetness, <br />Solitude and memory? <br /> <br />Total silence <br />Everybody looks at, <br />They admire it, <br />They proclaim it, <br />It is pure, sincere, it dims our eyes, <br /> <br />It is a diamond… it is not for us, <br />Everybody moves away, <br />Alone my heart stays, <br />In a silver tray, <br />And <br />Its solitude! ... <br /> <br />(translated by Nelson Francisco de Andrade)<br /><br />UMBELINA FROTA Linhares Pimenta Bastos<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-sale/
