A(s) rosa(s)

As rosas são as flores mais bonitas
Inflamam nossa vida de amor
E quero crer que também acreditas
Que são tão frágeis apesar da cor.

Só os espinhos as tornam esquisitas
E arrepiam com a fina dor;
Todos as vêem como as favoritas
Para um momento de maior valor.

Rainha das flores, canteiro de vida,
Fresca e linda, ramo de ternura
Feliz na vinda, triste à partida.

Mas mesmo assim nunca ela destoa
Traz felicidade enquanto perdura
No sorriso ilhéu de qualquer pessoa.

Rosa Silva ("Azoriana")

Em http://www.sonetos.com.br/sonetos.php?n=16152

Índice temático: Desenho sonetos

Translated into English by Katharine F. Baker

(in consultation with Dr. Bobby J. Chamberlain, professor of Portuguese, University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,. USA)

Rosa / Roses

 

Roses are the most beautiful flowers

They set our love life aflame

And I want to believe you also think

They’re so fragile despite their color.

 

Only their thorns make them odd

And prompt shivers of sharp pain;

Everyone views them as their favorite

For a special occasion.

 

Queen of the flowers, bed of life,

Fresh and lovely, bouquets filled with tenderness

Happy on arrival, sad at departure.

 

But even so, a rose is never amiss

As long as it lasts it brings happiness

To any islander’s smile.

 

2010/04/01