The Poem is very beautiful, it's from "Florbela Espanca" (1894-1930),
Ser Poeta é ser mais alto, é ser maior
Do que os homens! Morder como quem beija!
É ser mendigo e dar como quem seja
Rei do Reino de Aquém e de Além Dor!
É ter de mil desejos o esplendor
E não saber sequer que se deseja!
É ter cá dentro um astro que flameja,
É ter garras e asas de condor!
É ter fome, é ter sede de Infinito!
Por elmo, as manhãs de oiro e de cetim...
É condensar o mundo num só grito!
E é amar-te, assim, perdidamente...
É seres alma e sangue e vida em mim
E dizê-lo cantando a toda gente!
--- The translation in English ----
To be a poet
To be a poet it's to be taller, it's to be greater
Than men! Biting as the one who kisses!
It's to be a beggar and give as if you were
King of the Kingdom of Pain and Beyond the Pain!
It's to have the splendor out of a thousand wishes
And do not even know what you wish!
It's to have here inside a flashing star,
It's to have claws and wings of a condor!
It's to be hungry, it's to have thirst of Infinite!
With helmet, mornings of gold and satin...
It's to condense the world into a single cry!
And it's love you so madly...
And it's you being soul, and blood and life in me...
And saying it singing to everybody!
And it's love you so madly...
And it's you being soul, and blood and life in me...
And saying it singing to everybody!
To be a poet it's to be taller, it's to be greater
Than men! Biting as the one who kisses!
It's to be a beggar and give as if you were
King of the Kingdom of Pain and Beyond the Pain!
It's to have the splendor out of a thousand wishes
And do not even know what you wish!
It's to have here inside a flashing star,
It's to have claws and wings of a condor!
It's to be hungry, it's to have thirst of Infinite!
With helmet, mornings of gold and satin...
It's to condense the world into a single cry!
And it's love you so madly...
And it's you being soul, and blood and life in me...
And saying it singing to everybody!
And it's love you so madly...
And it's you being soul, and blood and life in me...
And saying it singing to everybody!