Ana Luisa Amaral

UMA BOTÂNICA DA PAZ: VISITAÇÃO

Language: portuguese

Translations: german (Botanik des Friedens: Besuch), english (Botanics of peace: visitation), english (A Botanics of Peace: Visitation)

UMA BOTÂNICA DA PAZ: VISITAÇÃO

Tenho uma flor
de que não sei o nome

Na varanda,
em perfume comum
de outros aromas:
hibisco, uma roseira,
um pé de lúcia-lima

Mas esses são prodígios
para outra manhã:
é que esta flor
gerou folhas de verde
assombramento,
minúsculas e leves

Não a ameaçam bombas
nem românticos ventos,
nem mísseis, ou tornados,
nem ela sabe, embora esteja perto,
do sal em desavesso
que o mar traz

E o céu azul de Outono
a fingir Verão
é, para ela, bênção,
como a pequena água
que lhe dou

Deve ser isto
uma espécie da paz:

um segredo botânico
de luz

Translations:

Language: german

Botanik des Friedens: Besuch

Ich besitze eine Blume
und kenne ihren Namen nicht.

Ihr Duft vermischt sich
auf dem Balkon
mit anderen Gerüchen:
Hibiskus, Rose
Zitronenverbene

Doch das sind Wunder
für einen anderen Morgen:
Denn der Blume
sind erstaunlich grüne Blätter
gewachsen,
winzig und leicht.

Weder Bomben bedrohen sie
noch romantische Winde
Raketen oder Tornados
noch weiß sie, obwohl sie so nah ist
von der Gefahr, welche die salzige
Seeluft bringt

Und der blaue Herbsthimmel
der vorgibt, noch Sommer zu sein
ist für sie ein Segen
wie das bisschen Wasser
mit dem ich sie gieße

Das muss eine Art
Frieden sein:

ein botanisches Geheimnis
des Lichts

Language: english

Botanics of peace: visitation

I have a flower
whose name I don’t know

On the balcony,
its scent blends
with other smells:
hibiscus, rose,
a sprig of verbena

But they will be prodigies
of another morning:
for this flower
has bred leaves of astonishing
green,
minute and subtle

Bombs do not threaten it
nor do romantic winds,
missiles, nor tornados,
neither does it know, although so near,
of the jeopardy the salt
sea air will bring

And the blue autumn sky
disguised as summer
gives it such blessing,
as does the little water that I pour

And this must be
a sort of peace:

a botanical secret
of light

Language: english

A Botanics of Peace: Visitation

I have a flower,

name unknown

On the balcony,

a scent shared

with other aromas:

a hibiscus, a rose bush,

a pot of lemon verbena

But those are marvels

for another morning:

because this flower

has sent out sudden leaves of green

bedazzlement,

tiny and fragile

No bombs threaten it

no romantic breezes,

no missiles, or tornados,

it doesn’t even know about the salt,

however close to home,

brought in slant by the sea

And the blue autumn sky

disguised as summer

is, for this plant, a blessing,

like my proffered

little drop of water

This must be

a species of peace:

one of the light’s

botanical secrets

Ana Luisa Amaral

* 05.04.1956, Porto, Portugal
† 05.08.2022, Porto, Portugal

Ana Luísa Amaral was born in Porto, Portugal in 1956. A poet, professor of English and American literature at the University of Porto, pioneer in gender studies, she has published numerous volumes of poetry and children's books, and emerged as a Dickinson translator. She has received numerous awards for her lyrical work, which has been translated into several languages.

Ana Luísa Amaral repeatedly confronted phenomena in the literary tradition that she found strange: male-dominated poetry and the sagas of Western culture. Women's themes often clash with images of biblical origin in her poems, or Greek myths are retold.

Ana Luísa Amaral died on 5 August in her home town of Porto.

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