"Tenho desejado afastar-me" Dylan Thomas

Tenho desejado afastar-me
Do silvo da mentira gasta e sibilante
E do grito contínuo dos velhos terrores
Que ficam mais terríveis à medida que o dia
Atravessa as montanhas mergulhando no mar profundo...

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Tenho desejado afastar-me, mas tenho medo;
Alguma vida, ainda não gasta, pode explodir
Da velha mentira que arde no chão,
E, crepitando no ar, deixar-me meio cego.


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Versão original:

I Have Longed To Move Away
by Dylan Thomas

I have longed to move away
From the hissing of the spent lie
And the old terrors' continual cry
Growing more terrible as the day
Goes over the hill into the deep sea;

I have longed to move away
From the repetition of salutes,
For there are ghosts in the air
And ghostly echoes on paper,
And the thunder of calls and notes.

I have longed to move away but am afraid;
Some life, yet unspent, might explode
Out of the old lie burning on the ground,
And, crackling into the air, leave me half-blind.
Neither by night's ancient fear,
The parting of hat from hair,
Pursed lips at the receiver,
Shall I fall to death's feather.
By these I would not care to die,
Half convention and half lie.