Blood of the Sun | Poems by Salgado Maranhão

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2002, Text by Salgado Maranho 2012, Translation by Alexis LevitinAll rights reserved. Except or brie quotations in critical articles or reviews,no part o this book may be reproduced in any manner without prior writtenpermission rom the publisher: Milkweed Editions, 1011 Washington Avenue

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Published 2012 by Milkweed EditionsOriginally published 2002 as Sol Sangneo by Imago, Rio De JaneiroPrinted in CanadaCover design by Hopkins/BaumannAuthor illustration by Hopkins/BaumannInterior design by Hopkins/BaumannThe text o this book is set in Bodoni Book with Bodoni Bold.12 13 14 15 16 5 4 3 2 1First Edition

This work published with the support o the Brazilian Ministry o CultureFundao Biblioteca Nacional/General Department o Books and Reading.(Obra publicada com o apoio do Ministrio da Cultura do Brasil/Fundao

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Maranho, Salgado.[Sol sangneo. English]Blood o the sun : poems / by Salgado Maranhao ; translated rom Portuguese byAlexis Levitin. 1st ed.

p. cm.ISBN 978-1-57131-453-6 (alk. paper)

I. Levitin, Alexis. II. TitlePQ9698.23.A624S6513 2012869.142dc23

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Do sopro

O sopro que interceptaoselfdos meninos

avanaas guas turvase o rasgo

da mirada.

(Lmpido perl do gestoatado ao transe.)

O sopro lumee larvapedra

sanguefor

ace ao que consagrae nutre,

ace ao vriodesvario

onde anjos rotosrezam aos abutres.H uma zonaem que os cristaisse partem

sob a lava ancestraldo sangue.H incndios na raizdo gesto. Vestgiosde plvora nas palavras.E quando h voz, a cicatriz que canta.


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solsangneo

Of the Breath

The breath that interceptsthe selhood o the boys

advancesturbid watersand the tearing

o a gaze.

(The limpid prole o a gesturetied to their trance.)

The breath lightand larvalstone

bloodfower

conronting what it consecratesand nourishes,

acing the diversethe perverse

where tattered angelspray to vultures.There is a placewhere crystalsall apart

beneath the ancestral lavao blood.There is a blaze in the rootso a gesture. Vestigeso powder in the power o words.And when there is a voice,it is the scar that sings.


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Do espelho

Tons de ris lago urta-corde labareda sem o ogo

vero. A ace plana e mudamrmore, inunda o que desnuda.

E do poder que serve ao extremode nos vender o que j temos,

reina o espectro voltil

das guas, que da pedra ttil

desgua. E a imagem em seu s-loa tornar-se asas do espelho

que rio se acasala sem cio:uma rima para silncio.


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solsangneo

Of the Mirror

Lake-iris iridescent hueo fames that ficker without true

re. Its surace smooth, serene, air,a marble ace that foods what it strips bare.

The power, too, to sell or loanus what already is our own.

Solid stone, it serves as host

to a governing shadow, a watery ghost.

That liquid image, though it fees,wings the mirror with utter ease

to an icy coupling, devoid o heat:a silent mating, without meat.


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Limtrofe 1

(Cerco de vozes)

Quando o ogo rasgartua semente

lquida e de mares orem tuas

leis guardarei o recorteem meu pequeno cais.

( parte o triuno do ritmo

sobre o corao nauragadoem seu ouro submerso outro o veio

anversoa exortar

o sol.)

Tudo zoa

tudo arrulhapara dentro do imprevisto,como zine o azulna memria.

Por issoeste cerco de vozes,

por isso esta armaduraao cintilar de acas.

Sangue no que ardovvido de onemase lascvias.

Cingido a meu voo inacabadoo hoje minha largura.


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Boundary 1

(Circle o Voices)

When re tearsyour liquid

seed and tides become yourlaws I will keep your imageon my little quay.

(Apart rom the triumph o rhythm

over the heart ounderedon its submerged gold there isan obverse

rivuletexhorting

the sun.)

Everything hums

everything cooswithin the unexpected,the way blue shrillsin memory.

Thereorethis circle o voices,

thereore this armoracing the gleam o knives.

Bloodis where I burn,alive with phonemesand blessedlust.

Bound to my unnished fight,today is all my breadth, my height.


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Limtrofe 3

(Tear de aetos)

Florammanhssobre a caligem

de argilaundida

ao vento.Sopram rumoresda trama

elstica

que se desata,a comer hiptesesa tingir meu sangueem ciclos.

Da nvoaestende-se o cortejode vozes,

o tearde tessiturasvidas.

O ao rspidoque arrasa

as fores

da canculano lacera a memriado olhonem as cores tangidasao inormulado.Apenas amanhece

meu jbilocom palavras.


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Boundary 3

(Loom o Feeling)

Morningsblossomabove the dust

o dry claymixed

with the wind.Whispered rumors breathean elastic

drama

that is slipping loose,eating away at possibilities,staining the cycleso my blood.

From the mistsa procession o voicesstretches orth,

a loomo anxiousweavings.

Crisp steelthat levels

dog day

fowersdoesnt lacerate the memoryo the eyeor those colors banishedto the inchoate.All that dawns

is the joy I takein words.


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Denso o silncioa inundar

o que gelae o que ruge.Destro o vento(antiqussimo)que me assaltapara sua penugem.

No cantarei no caisa noite ininterruptanem terei corvos

(de guarda) minha porta.

Anbio,sigo um tempo

que transmigraa recolher tua ausnciapressentida.


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Dense is the silencedrowning

what reezesand what roars.Det the wind(ancient o ancients)that draws meto its down.

I will not sing upon the quayuninterrupted nightnor will I welcome

guardian crowsbeore my gate.

Amphibian,I ollow transmigrating

timethat gathers up your absence,oreknown, oreelt.


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O Aougue Nutriz

Dancei num matadouro, como se o sangue de

todos os animais que minha volta pendiam

degolados fosse o meu

Lus Miguel Nava

Assisto aos bois dependurados nos varais.Assisto solido vermelha (aos pedaos) navitrine. O berro que (ainda!) respinga na pedralisa. E o espectro de anjos tatuados de sevcias.Alastra-se a gula transeunte ante o rumor da

ocina de sangue nutriz. Esse sangue que emnada se nos apieda (ou o instante em que aaca sublima nossa poro coiote), recende emns as bras da podrido impvida. Como se,no ntimo, o aougue se despisse a esgarar osdutos por onde esguicha nossa santidade.


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Wet-Nurse Butcher Shop

I danced in the slaughterhouse, as

if the blood of all the animals hanging

disemboweled around me were my own

Lus Miguel Nava

I accompany the cattle hanging rom their hooks.I accompany red solitude (in bits) behind thewindow pane. The bellow that (still!) splatters onsmooth stone. And the ghost o angels tattooed withcruelty. Gluttony in transit spreads beore the murmur

o the workshop o nourishing blood. That blood thatnever calls orth our pity (or the instant in which theknie sublimates our coyote hal), redolent in us withbers o intrepid putreaction. As i, within our innercore, the butcher shop were standing naked stripping outthe ducts through which our sanctity comes gushing orth.


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Tulipas

O vento leste veio deitar-secom as tulipasno mesmo palcoem que liblulas de sanguelampejam entre edicios.

Rarssimasvinhetas de sol

patinamno esterco.

E a ria do plasmaescrita no asaltotorna improvvelo tempo dos idlios.

placenta de narconios e arteatosde desova! lrio ensaguentado!

Por quem toca esta salvade guizos?

Nos vultos que se erguemdo irrevogvel abismotambm as palavras

ladram,tambm os olhares vidosdespem o ouro das manhsinsignes.


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Tulips

The east wind comes to liewith the tulipson the very stagewhere dragonfies o bloodglitter among the buildings.

Rarevignettes o sun

skatesuraces o dung.

And the rage o plasmawritten on asphaltmakes the coming oan idyllic time improbable.

Oh, placenta o narcobabies and a spawno artiacts!Oh, blood-soaked lilies!

For whom this tinglingsalvo o applause?

With shapes that riserom the irrevocable abysswords as well

are howlingand eager gazes come to stripaway the gold o distinguishedmornings.


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Mater

Fico aqui debaixo destas palmeiras, assuntando o tempo,

recebendo a mensalidade das plantas.

Dona Raimunda Salgado

I

De ti no h sequerum lbum de amlia:retratos da inncianos campos de arroz e gergelim.

Talvez reste em pensamentopedaos de tua voz

no ventocomo impresses digtaisnum rio.

II

No dia em que o azulroubou teus olhose o silncio rival rasgouteu nome,cotovias cantaram no meu rastro.No dia em que a manh

cerrou teus olhos.

III

Sem tisou a for da rvoredesolada. Agorao mar bate em minhas rochas

e a noite ronda meus calcanhares.


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Mater

Sometimes I sit under one of those palms, taking in the wind

and the monthly payments of the plants.

Dona Raimunda Salgado

I

O you theres nothing buta amily album:photos o childhoodin elds o rice and sesame.

Maybe in my thoughts there lingerragments o your voice

in the windlike ngerprintson a river.

II

On the day the bluestole your eyesand silence tore apartyour name,skylarks started singing in my tracks.On the day the morning

closed your eyes.

III

Without youI am the blossom on the tree,beret. Nowthe sea beats against my rocks

and the night prowls at my heels.


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Ladainha

Para Mestre Wu

Somente a msica (ntima)da noiteseguiu mestre Wuao jardim das fores amarelas.

Da terra-materseu m vital undiu-se aos astros.

Resoluto,como um rio se despe ao mar.

Sobre ns permanecemas palavras inditase a dor das coisas relativas.

O resto cabe ao silncio

que cinge o tempo ao no tempo.


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Litany

For Master Wu

Only the (intimate) musico the nightollowed Master Wuto the garden o yellow fowers.

From terra materhis vital magnet melded with the stars.

Resolute,the way a river strips naked or the sea.

Over us remainunspoken wordsand the pain o relative things.

The rest ts within silence

tying time to non-time.


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