Ao republicar o texto sobre Poesia Alheia de Nelson Ascher que fora publicado no Jornal da Tarde em 1998, lembrei-me de uma belíssima cena de Quatro Casamentos e um Funeral, filme em que é falado o poema Funeral Blues de Auden.
Funeral Blues
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood,
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood,
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
Tradução de Nelson Ascher:
Que parem os relógios, cale o telefone,
jogue-se ao cão um osso e que não ladre mais,
que emudeça o piano e que o tambor sancione
a vinda do caixão com seu cortejo atrás.
Que os aviões, gemendo acima em alvoroço,
escrevam contra o céu o anúncio: ele morreu.
Que as pombas guardem luto — um laço no pescoço —
e os guardas usem finas luvas cor-de-breu.
Era meu norte, sul, meu leste, oeste, enquanto
viveu, meus dias úteis, meu fim-de-semana,
meu meio-dia, meia-noite, fala e canto;
quem julgue o amor eterno, como eu fiz, se engana.
É hora de apagar estrelas — são molestas —
guardar a lua, desmontar o sol brilhante,
de despejar o mar, jogar fora as florestas,
pois nada mais há de dar certo doravante.
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