"O Corvo", o mais célebre poema de Edgar Allan Poe, teve duas versões e inúmeras traduções. Aqui ficam as duas versões do autor e quatro traduções brilhantes, todavia, cada uma delas tão representativa de Edgar Allan Poe como de cada um dos escritores que as traduziram (Baudelaire, Malharmé, Fernando Pessoa e Machado de Assis). O que demonstra bem que quem lê, o faz segundo a sua experiência e sensibilidade, pelo que não há duas "leituras" iguais, e que traduzir pode não ser trair, mas nunca reproduz a experiência do original.
THE RAVEN
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
" 'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door —
Only this, and nothing more."
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; — vainly I had tried to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore —
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore —
Nameless here for evermore.
And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me — filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
" 'Tis some visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door —
Some late visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door; —
This it is, and nothing more."
Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you" — here I opened wide the door; ——
Darkness there, and nothing more.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the darkness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore!"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"
Merely this, and nothing more.
Then into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon I heard again a tapping somewhat louder than before.
"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore —
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;—
'Tis the wind, and nothing more!"
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore;
Not the least obeisance made he; not an instant stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door —
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door —
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore —
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning — little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no sublunary being
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door —
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as "Nevermore."
But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing farther then he uttered — not a feather then he fluttered —
Till I scarcely more than muttered, "Other friends have flown before —
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before."
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
Wondering at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
"Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store,
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster — so, when Hope he would adjure,
Stern Despair returned, instead of the sweet Hope he dared adjure —
That sad answer, "Nevermore!"
But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;
Then upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore —
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking "Nevermore."
This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er,
But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er,
She shall press, ah, nevermore!
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by angels whose faint foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
"Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite — respite and Nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!
Let me quaff this kind Nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil! —
Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted —
On this home by Horror haunted — tell me truly, I implore —
Is there — is there balm in Gilead? — tell me — tell me, I implore!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil!
By that Heaven that bends above us — by that God we both adore —
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore —
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore."
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting —
"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken! — quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted — nevermore!
Texto de Edgar Allan Poe, primeira edição, aparecido na revista “American Review”, em Fevereiro de 1845.
THE RAVEN
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
" 'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door —
Only this, and nothing more."
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; — vainly I had tried to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore —
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore —
Nameless here for evermore.
And the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me — filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
" 'Tis some visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door —
Some late visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door; —
This it is, and nothing more."
Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you" — here I opened wide the door; ——
Darkness there, and nothing more.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the darkness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore!"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!"
Merely this, and nothing more.
Then into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon I heard again a tapping somewhat louder than before.
"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore —
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;—
'Tis the wind, and nothing more!"
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore;
Not the least obeisance made he; not an instant stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door —
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door —
Perched, and sat, and nothing more.
Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient raven wandering from the Nightly shore —
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning — little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no sublunary being
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door —
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as "Nevermore."
But the raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing farther then he uttered — not a feather then he fluttered —
Till I scarcely more than muttered, "Other friends have flown before —
On the morrow he will leave me, as my hopes have flown before."
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
Wondering at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
"Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store,
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster — so, when Hope he would adjure,
Stern Despair returned, instead of the sweet Hope he dared adjure —
That sad answer, "Nevermore!"
But the raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;
Then upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore —
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking "Nevermore."
This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er,
But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er,
She shall press, ah, nevermore!
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by angels whose faint foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
"Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite — respite and Nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore!
Let me quaff this kind Nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil! —
Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted —
On this home by Horror haunted — tell me truly, I implore —
Is there — is there balm in Gilead? — tell me — tell me, I implore!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil!
By that Heaven that bends above us — by that God we both adore —
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore —
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore."
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting —
"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken! — quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Quoth the raven, "Nevermore."
And the raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted — nevermore!
Texto de Edgar Allan Poe, primeira edição, aparecido na revista “American Review”, em Fevereiro de 1845.
THE RAVEN
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore —
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door —
Only this and nothing more."
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; — vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore —
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore —
Nameless here for evermore.
And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me — filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
"'Tis some visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door —
Some late visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door; —
This it is and nothing more."
Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you" — here I opened wide the door; ——
Darkness there and nothing more.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!" —
Merely this and nothing more.
Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.
"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore —
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;—
'Tis the wind and nothing more!"
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door —
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door —
Perched, and sat, and nothing more. [column 5:]
Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore —
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."
Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning — little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door —
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as "Nevermore."
But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing farther then he uttered — not a feather then he fluttered —
Till I scarcely more than muttered "Other friends have flown before —
On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before."
Then the bird said "Nevermore."
Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
"Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore —
Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore
Of 'Never — nevermore'."
But the Raven still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore —
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking "Nevermore."
This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er,
But whose velvet-violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er,
She shall press, ah, nevermore!
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
"Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite — respite and nepenthe, from thy memories of Lenore;
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!"
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil! —
Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted —
On this home by Horror haunted — tell me truly, I implore —
Is there — is there balm in Gilead? — tell me — tell me, I implore!"
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil!
By that Heaven that bends above us — by that God we both adore —
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore —
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore."
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."
"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting —
"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken! — quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."
And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted — nevermore!
Versão final, revista por Põe, aparecida em “Richmond Semi-Weekly Examiner”, em 1849.
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore —
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visiter," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door —
Only this and nothing more."
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December;
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
Eagerly I wished the morrow; — vainly I had sought to borrow
From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore —
For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore —
Nameless here for evermore.
And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me — filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating
"'Tis some visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door —
Some late visiter entreating entrance at my chamber door; —
This it is and nothing more."
Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore;
But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping,
And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door,
That I scarce was sure I heard you" — here I opened wide the door; ——
Darkness there and nothing more.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was unbroken, and the stillness gave no token,
And the only word there spoken was the whispered word, "Lenore?"
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the word, "Lenore!" —
Merely this and nothing more.
Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning,
Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.
"Surely," said I, "surely that is something at my window lattice;
Let me see, then, what thereat is, and this mystery explore —
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;—
'Tis the wind and nothing more!"
Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter,
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore;
Not the least obeisance made he; not a minute stopped or stayed he;
But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door —
Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door —
Perched, and sat, and nothing more. [column 5:]
Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,
"Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven,
Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore —
Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!"
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."
Much I marvelled this ungainly fowl to hear discourse so plainly,
Though its answer little meaning — little relevancy bore;
For we cannot help agreeing that no living human being
Ever yet was blessed with seeing bird above his chamber door —
Bird or beast upon the sculptured bust above his chamber door,
With such name as "Nevermore."
But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
That one word, as if his soul in that one word he did outpour.
Nothing farther then he uttered — not a feather then he fluttered —
Till I scarcely more than muttered "Other friends have flown before —
On the morrow he will leave me, as my Hopes have flown before."
Then the bird said "Nevermore."
Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken,
"Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store
Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster
Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore —
Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore
Of 'Never — nevermore'."
But the Raven still beguiling my sad fancy into smiling,
Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust and door;
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore —
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore
Meant in croaking "Nevermore."
This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing
To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core;
This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining
On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er,
But whose velvet-violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er,
She shall press, ah, nevermore!
Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer
Swung by seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor.
"Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee — by these angels he hath sent thee
Respite — respite and nepenthe, from thy memories of Lenore;
Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe and forget this lost Lenore!"
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil! —
Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore,
Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted —
On this home by Horror haunted — tell me truly, I implore —
Is there — is there balm in Gilead? — tell me — tell me, I implore!"
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."
"Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil!
By that Heaven that bends above us — by that God we both adore —
Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn,
It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore —
Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore."
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."
"Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting —
"Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore!
Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken!
Leave my loneliness unbroken! — quit the bust above my door!
Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!"
Quoth the Raven "Nevermore."
And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door;
And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor
Shall be lifted — nevermore!
Versão final, revista por Põe, aparecida em “Richmond Semi-Weekly Examiner”, em 1849.
LE CORBEAU
Une fois, sur le minuit lugubre, pendant que je méditais, faible et
fatigué, sur maint précieux et curieux volume d'une doctrine oubliée,
pendant que je donnais de la tête, presque assoupi, soudain il se fit un
tapotement, comme de quelqu'un frappant doucement, frappant à la porte
de ma chambre. "C'est quelque visiteur, - murmurai-je, - qui frappe à la
porte de ma chambre; ce n'est que cela, et rien de plus."
Ah! distinctement je me souviens que c'était dans le glacial décembre,
et chaque tison brodait à son tour le plancher du reflet de son agonie.
Ardemment je désirais le matin; en vain m'étais-je efforcé de tirer de
mes livres un sursi à ma tristesse, ma tristesse pour ma Léonore perdue,
pour la précieuse et rayonnante fille que les anges nomment Lénore, - et
qu'ici on ne nommera jamais plus.
Et le soyeux, triste et vague brissement des rideaux pourprés me
pénétrait, me remplissait de terreurs fantastiques, inconnues pour moi
jusqu'à ce jour; si bien qu'enfin, pour apaiser le battement de mon
coeur, je me dressai, répétant: "C'est quelque visiteur qui sollicite
l'entrée à la porte de ma chambre; - c'est cela même, et rien de plus."
Mon âme en ce moment se sentit plus forte. N'hésitant donc pas plus
longtemps: "Monsieur, - dis-je, - ou madame, en vérité, j'implore votre
pardon; mais le fait est que je sommeillais, et vous êtes venu taper à
la porte de ma chambre, qu'à peine étais-je certain de vous avoir
entendu." Et alors j'ouvris la porte toute grande; - les ténèbres, et
rien de plus!
Scrutant profondément ces ténèbres, je me tins longtemps plein
d'étonnements, de crainte, de doute, révant des rêves qu'aucun mortel
n'a jamais osé réver; mais le silence ne fut pas troublé, et
l'immobilité ne donna aucun signe, et le seul mot proféré fut un nom
chuchoté: "Léonore!" - C'était moi qui le chuchotais, et un écho à son
tour murmura ce mot: "Lénore!" Purement cela, et rien de plus.
Rentrant dans ma chambre, et sentant en moi toute mon âme incendiée,
j'entendis bientôt un coup un peu plus fort que le premier. "Sûrement, -
dis-je, - sûrement il y a quelque chose aux jalousies de ma fenêtre;
voyons donc ce que c'est, et explorons ce mystère. Laissons mon coeur se
calmer un instant, et explorons ce mystère; c'est le vent, et rien de
plus."
Je poussais alors le volet, et, avec un tumultueux battement d'ailes,
entra un majestueux corbeau digne des anciens jours. Il ne fit pas la
moindre révérence, il ne s'arrêta pas, il n'hésita pas une minute; mais,
avec la mine d'un lord ou d'une lady, il se percha au-dessus de la porte
de ma chambre; il se percha sur un buste de Pallas juste au-dessus de la
porte de ma chambre; - il se percha, s'installa, et rien de plus.
Alors, cet oiseau d'ébène, par la gravité de son maintien et la sévérité
de sa physionomie, induisant ma triste imagination à sourire: "Bien que
la tête, - lui dis-je, - soit sans huppe et sans cimier, tu n'es certes
pas un poltron, lugubre et ancien corbeau, voyageur parti des rivages de
la nuit. Dis-moi quel est ton nom seigneurial aux rivages de la nuit
plutonienne! "Le corbeau dit: Jamais plus!"
Je fus émerveillé que ce disgracieux volatile entendît si facilement la
parole, bien que sa réponse n'eût pas un bien grand sens et ne me fît
pas d'un grand secours; car nous devons convenir que jamais il ne fut
donné à un homme vivant de voir un oiseau au-dessus de la porte de sa
chambre, un oiseau ou une bête sur un buste sculpté au-dessus de la
porte de sa chambre, se nommant d'un nom tel que - Jamais plus!
Mais le corbeau, perché solitairement sur le buste placide, ne proféra
que ce mot unique, comme si dans ce mot unique il répandait toute son
âme. Il ne prononça rien de plus; il ne remua pas une plume, - jusqu'à
ce que je me prisse à murmurer faiblement: "D'autres amis se sont déjà
envolés loin de moi; vers le matin, lui aussi, il me quittera comme mes
anciennes espèrances déjà envolées." L'oiseau dit alors: "Jamais plus!"
Tressaillant au bruit de cette réponse jetée avec tant d'à-propos: "Sans
doute, - dis-je, - ce qu'il prononce est tout son bagage de savoir,
qu'il a pris chez quelque maître infortuné que le Malheur impitoyable a
poursuivi ardement, sans répit, jusqu'à ce que ses chansons n'eussent
plus qu'un seul refrain, jusqu'á ce que le De profundis de son Espérance
eût pris ce mélancolique refrain: "Jamais, jamais plus!"
Mais, le corbeau induisant encore toute ma triste âme à sourire, je
roulai tout de suite un siège à coussins en face de l'oiseau et du buste
et de la porte; alors, m'enfonçant dans le velours, je m'appliquai à
enchaîner les idées aux idées, cherchant ce que cet augural oiseau des
anciens jours, ce que ce triste, disgracieux, sinistre, maigre et
augural oiseau des anciens jours voulait faire entendre en croassant son
- Jamais plus!
Je me tenais ainsi, rêvant, conjecturant, mais n'adressant plus une
syllabe à l'oiseau, dont les yeux ardents me brûlaient maintenant
jusqu'au fond du coeur; je cherchai à deviner cela, et plus encore, ma
tête reposant à l'aise sur le velours du coussin que caressait la
lumière de la lampe, ce velours violet caressé par la lumière de la
lampe que sa tête, à Elle, ne pressera plus, - ah! jamais plus!
Alors, il me sembla que l'air s'épaississait, parfumé par un encensoir
invisible que balançaient des séraphins dont les pas frôlaient le tapis
de la chambre. "Infortuné! - m'écriai-je, - ton Dieu t'a donné par ses
anges, il t'a envoyé du répit, du répit et du népenthès dans tes
ressouvenirs de Lénore perdue!" Le corbeau dit: "Jamais plus!"
"Phrophète! - dis-je, - être de malheur! oiseau ou démon, mais toujours
phrophète! que tu sois un envoyé du Tentateur, ou que la tempête t'ait
simplement échoué, naufragé, mais encore intrépide, sur cette terre
déserte, ensocelée, dans ce logis par l'Horreur hanté, - dis-moi
sincèrement, je t'en supplie, existe-t-il ici un baume de Judée! Dis,
dis, je t'en supplie!" Le corbeau dit: "Jamais plus!"
"Phrophète! - dis-je, - être de malheur! oiseau ou démon! Toujours
phrophète! par ce ciel tendu sur nos têtes, par ce Dieu que tous deux
nous adorons, dis à cette âme chargée de douleur si, dans le Paradis
lointain, elle pourra embrasser une fille sainte que les anges nomment
Lénore, embrasser une précieuse et rayonnante fille que les anges
nomment Léonore." Le corbeau dit: "Jamais plus!"
"Que cette parole soit le signal de notre séparation, oiseau ou démon! -
hurlai-je en me redressant. - Rentre dans la tempête, retourne au rivage
de la nuit plutonienne; ne laisse pas ici une seule plume noire comme
souvenir du mensonge que ton âme a proféré; laisse ma solitude inviolée;
quitte ce buste au-dessus de ma porte; arrache ton bec de mon coeur, et
précipite ton spectre loin de ma porte!" Le corbeau dit: "Jamais plus!"
Et le corbeau, immuable, est toujours installé, toujours installé sur le
buste pâle de Pallas, juste au-dessus de la porte de ma chambre; et ses
yeux ont toute la semblance des yeux d'un démon qui rêve; et la lumière
de la lampe, en ruisselant sur lui, projette son ombre sur le plancher;
et mon âme, hors du cercle de cette ombre qui gît flottant sur le
plancher, ne pourra plus s'élever, - jamais plus!
(Tradução de Charles Baudelaire, 1856)
Une fois, par un minuit lugubre, tandis que je m'appesantissais, faible
et fatigué, sur maint curieux et bizarre volume de savoir oublié, tandis
que je dodelinais la tête, somnolant presque, soudain se fit un heurt,
comme de quelqu'un frappant doucement, frappant à la porte de ma
chambre, cela seul et rien de plus
Ah! distinctement je me souviens que c'était en le glacial décembre :
et chaque tison, mourant isolé, ouvrageait son spectre sur le sol.
Ardemment je souhaitais le jour; vainement j'avais cherché d'emprunter
à mes livres un sursis au chagrin - au chagrin de la Léonore perdue -
de la rare et rayonnante jeune fille que les anges nomment Lénore -
de nom! pour elle ici, non, jamais plus!
Et de la soie l'incertain et triste bruissement en chaque rideau purpural
me traversait, m'emplissait de fantastiques terreurs pas senties
encore : si bien que, pour calmer le battement de mon coeur, je
demeurais maintenant à répéter : C'est quelque visiteur qui sollicite
l'entrée, à la porte de ma chambre; quelque visiteur qui sollicite l'entrée
à la porte de ma chambre; c'est cela et rien de plus
Mon âme se fit subitement plus forte et, n'hésitant davantage :
<
la porte : les ténèbres et rien de plus
Loin dans l'ombre regardant, je me tins longtemps à douter, m'étonner
et craindre, à rêver des rêves qu'aucun mortel n'avait osé rêver encore ;
mais le silence ne se rompit point et la quiétude ne donna de signe ;
et le seul mot qui se dit, fut le mot chuchoté <
chuchotai et un écho murmura de retour le mot <
cela et rien de plus
Rentrant dans la chambre, toute l'âme en feu, j'entendis bientôt un
heurt en quelque sorte plus fort qu'auparavant. <
Au large je poussai le volet, quand, avec maints enjouement et agitation
d’ailes, entra un majestueux corbeau des saints jours de jadis. Il ne
fit pas la moindre révérence, il ne s’arrêta ni n’hésita un instant : mais,
avec une mine de lord ou de lady, se percha au-dessus de la porte de
ma chambre ; se percha sur un buste de Pallas, juste au-dessus de la
porte de ma chambre ; se percha, siégea et rien de plus
Alors cet oiseau d’ébène induisant ma triste imagination au sourire,
par le grave et sévère décorum de la contenance qu’il eut : <
Je m’émerveillai fort d’entendre ce disgracieux volatile s’énoncer aussi
clairement, quoique sa réponse n’eût que peu de sens et peu d’à-propos ;
car on ne peut s’empêcher de convenir que nul homme vivant n’eut
encore l’heur de voir un oiseau au-dessus de la porte de sa chambre
- un oiseau ou toute autre bête sur le buste sculpté au-dessus de la porte
de sa chambre -, avec un nom tel que : <
Mais le Corbeau perché solitairement sur ce buste placide, parla ce
seul mot comme si son âme, en ce seul mot, il la répandait. Je ne proférai
donc rien de plus ; il n’agita donc pas de plume, jusqu’à ce que je
fis à peine davantage que marmotter : <
Tressaillant au calme rompu par une réplique si bien parlée ; <
Le Corbeau induisant toute ma triste âme encore au sourire, je roulai
soudain un siège à coussins en face de l’oiseau, et du buste, et de la
porte ; et m’enfonçant dans le velours, je me pris à enchaîner songerie
à songerie, pesant à ce que cet augural oiseau de jadis, à ce que
ce sombre, disgracieux, sinistre, maigre, et augural oiseau de jadis
signifiait en croissant : <
Cela, je m’assis occupé à le conjecturer, mais n’adressant pas une syllabe
à l’oiseau dont les yeux de feu brûlaient, maintenant, au fond de mon
sein ; cela et plus encore, je m’assis pour le devine, ma tête reposant
à l’aise sur la housse de velours des coussins que dévorait la lumière
de la lampe, housse violette de velours qu’Elle ne pressera plus, ah!
jamais plus.
L’air, me sembla-t-il, devint alors que dense, parfumé selon un
encensoir invisible balancé par les Séraphins dont le pied, dans la chute
tintait sur l’étoffe du parquet. <
Et le Corbeau, sans voleter, siège encore, siège encore sur le buste pallidede Pallas, juste au-dessus de la porte de ma chambre, et ses yeux onttoute la semblance des yeux d’un démon qui rêve, et la lumière de la lampe, ruisselant sur lui, projette son ombre à terre : et mon âme,
de cette ombre qui gîte flottante à terre ne s’élèvera - jamais plus.
(tradução de Stephane Mallarmé)
O CORVO
Numa meia-noite agreste, quando eu lia, lento e triste,
Vagos, curiosos tomos de ciências ancestrais,
E já quase adormecia, ouvi o que parecia
O som de alguém que batia levemente a meus umbrais.
"Uma visita", eu me disse, "está batendo a meus umbrais.
É só isto, e nada mais."
Ah, que bem disso me lembro! Era no frio Dezembro,
E o fogo, morrendo negro, urdia sombras desiguais.
Como eu qu'ria a madrugada, toda a noite aos livros dada
P'ra esquecer (em vão!) a amada, hoje entre hostes celestiais -
Essa cujo nome sabem as hostes celestiais,
Mas sem nome aqui jamais!
Como, a tremer frio e frouxo, cada reposteiro roxo
Me incutia, urdia estranhos terrores nunca antes tais!
Mas, a mim mesmo infundido força, eu ia repetindo,
"É uma visita pedindo entrada aqui em meus umbrais;
Uma visita tardia pede entrada em meus umbrais.
É só isto, e nada mais".
E, mais forte num instante, já nem tardo ou hesitante,
"Senhor", eu disse, "ou senhora, decerto me desculpais;
Mas eu ia adormecendo, quando viestes batendo,
Tão levemente batendo, batendo por meus umbrais,
Que mal ouvi..." E abri largos, franqueando-os, meus umbrais.
Noite, noite e nada mais.
A treva enorme fitando, fiquei perdido receando,
Dúbio e tais sonhos sonhando que os ninguém sonhou iguais.
Mas a noite era infinita, a paz profunda e maldita,
E a única palavra dita foi um nome cheio de ais -
Eu o disse, o nome dela, e o eco disse aos meus ais.
Isso só e nada mais.
Para dentro então volvendo, toda a alma em mim ardendo,
Não tardou que ouvisse novo som batendo mais e mais.
"Por certo", disse eu, "aquela bulha é na minha janela.
Vamos ver o que está nela, e o que são estes sinais."
Meu coração se distraía pesquisando estes sinais.
"É o vento, e nada mais."
Abri então a vidraça, e eis que, com muita negaça,
Entrou grave e nobre um corvo dos bons tempos ancestrais.
Não fez nenhum cumprimento, não parou nem um momento,
Mas com ar solene e lento pousou sobre os meus umbrais,
Num alvo busto de Atena que há por sobre meus umbrais,
Foi, pousou, e nada mais.
E esta ave estranha e escura fez sorrir minha amargura
Com o solene decoro de seus ares rituais.
"Tens o aspecto tosquiado", disse eu, "mas de nobre e ousado,
Ó velho corvo emigrado lá das trevas infernais!
Dize-me qual o teu nome lá nas trevas infernais."
Disse o corvo, "Nunca mais".
Pasmei de ouvir este raro pássaro falar tão claro,
Inda que pouco sentido tivessem palavras tais.
Mas deve ser concedido que ninguém terá havido
Que uma ave tenha tido pousada nos meus umbrais,
Ave ou bicho sobre o busto que há por sobre seus umbrais,
Com o nome "Nunca mais".
Mas o corvo, sobre o busto, nada mais dissera, augusto,
Que essa frase, qual se nela a alma lhe ficasse em ais.
Nem mais voz nem movimento fez, e eu, em meu pensamento
Perdido, murmurei lento, "Amigo, sonhos - mortais
Todos - todos já se foram. Amanhã também te vais".
Disse o corvo, "Nunca mais".
A alma súbito movida por frase tão bem cabida,
"Por certo", disse eu, "são estas vozes usuais,
Aprendeu-as de algum dono, que a desgraça e o abandono
Seguiram até que o entono da alma se quebrou em ais,
E o bordão de desesp'rança de seu canto cheio de ais
Era este "Nunca mais".
Mas, fazendo inda a ave escura sorrir a minha amargura,
Sentei-me defronte dela, do alvo busto e meus umbrais;
E, enterrado na cadeira, pensei de muita maneira
Que qu'ria esta ave agoureia dos maus tempos ancestrais,
Esta ave negra e agoureira dos maus tempos ancestrais,
Com aquele "Nunca mais".
Comigo isto discorrendo, mas nem sílaba dizendo
À ave que na minha alma cravava os olhos fatais,
Isto e mais ia cismando, a cabeça reclinando
No veludo onde a luz punha vagas sobras desiguais,
Naquele veludo onde ela, entre as sobras desiguais,
Reclinar-se-á nunca mais!
Fez-se então o ar mais denso, como cheio dum incenso
Que anjos dessem, cujos leves passos soam musicais.
"Maldito!", a mim disse, "deu-te Deus, por anjos concedeu-te
O esquecimento; valeu-te. Toma-o, esquece, com teus ais,
O nome da que não esqueces, e que faz esses teus ais!"
Disse o corvo, "Nunca mais".
"Profeta", disse eu, "profeta - ou demônio ou ave preta!
Fosse diabo ou tempestade quem te trouxe a meus umbrais,
A este luto e este degredo, a esta noite e este segredo,
A esta casa de ância e medo, dize a esta alma a quem atrais
Se há um bálsamo longínquo para esta alma a quem atrais!
Disse o corvo, "Nunca mais".
"Profeta", disse eu, "profeta - ou demônio ou ave preta!
Pelo Deus ante quem ambos somos fracos e mortais.
Dize a esta alma entristecida se no Éden de outra vida
Verá essa hoje perdida entre hostes celestiais,
Essa cujo nome sabem as hostes celestiais!"
Disse o corvo, "Nunca mais".
"Que esse grito nos aparte, ave ou diabo!", eu disse. "Parte!
Torna á noite e à tempestade! Torna às trevas infernais!
Não deixes pena que ateste a mentira que disseste!
Minha solidão me reste! Tira-te de meus umbrais!
Tira o vulto de meu peito e a sombra de meus umbrais!"
Disse o corvo, "Nunca mais".
E o corvo, na noite infinda, está ainda, está ainda
No alvo busto de Atena que há por sobre os meus umbrais.
Seu olhar tem a medonha cor de um demônio que sonha,
E a luz lança-lhe a tristonha sombra no chão há mais e mais,
Libertar-se-á... nunca mais!
(Tradução de Fernando Pessoa)
O CORVO
Em certo dia, à hora
Da meia-noite que apavora,
Eu, caindo de sono e exausto de fadiga,
Ao pé de muita lauda antiga,
De uma velha doutrina agora morta,
Ia pensando, quando ouvi à porta
Do meu quarto um soar devagarinho,
E disse estas palavras tais:
"É alguém que me bate à porta de mansinho;
Há de ser isso e nada mais".
Ah! bem me lembro! bem me lembro!
Era no glacial Dezembros;
Cada brasa do lar sobre o colchão refletia
A sua última agonia.
Eu ansioso pelo Sol, buscava
Sacar daqueles livros que estudava
Repouso (em vão!) à dor esmagadora
Destas saudades imortais
Pela que ora nos céus anjos chamam Lenora,
E que ninguém chamará mais.
E o rumor triste, vago, brando
Das cortinas ia acordando
Dentro em meu coração um rumor não sabido,
Nunca por ele padecido.
Enfim, por aplacá-lo aqui, no peito,
Levantei-me de pronto, e "Com efeito,
(Disse), é visita amiga e retardada
"Que bate a estas horas tais.
"É visita que pede à minha porta entrada:
"Há de ser isso e nada mais".
Minh'alma então sentiu-se forte;
Não mais vacilo, e desta sorte
Falo: "Imploro de vós - ou senhor ou senhora,
Me desculpeis tanta demora.
"Mas como eu, precisando de descanso
"Já cochilava, e tão de manso e manso,
"Batestes, não fui logo, prestemente,
"Certificar-me que aí estais".
Disse; a porta escancar, acho a noite somente,
somente a noite, e nada mais.
Com longo olhar escruto a sombra
Que me amedronta, que me assombra.
E sonho o que nenhum mortal há já sonhado,
Mas o silêncio amplo e calado,
Calado fica; a quietação quieta;
Só tu, palavra única e dilecta,
Lenora, tu, com um suspiro escasso,
Da minha triste boca sais;
E o eco, que te ouviu, murmurou-te no espaço;
Foi isso apenas, nada mais.
Entro co'a alma incendiada.
Logo depois outra pancada
Soa um pouco mais forte; eu, voltando-me a ela:
"Seguramente, há na janela
Alguma coisa que sussurra. Abramos,
"Eia, fora o temor, eia, vejamos
"A explicação do caso misterioso
Dessas duas pancadas tais,
"Devolvamos a paz ao coração medroso,
"Obra do vento, e nada mais".
Abro a janela, e de repente,
Vejo tumultuosamente
Um nobre corvo entrar, digno de antigos dias.
Não despendeu em cortesias
Um minuto, um instante. Tinha o aspecto
de um lord ou de uma lady. E pronto e reto,
Movendo no ar as suas negras alas,
Acima voa dos portais,
Trepa, no alto da porta em um busto de Palas:
Trepado fica, e nada mais.
Diante da ave feia e escura,
Naquela rígida postura,
Com o gosto severo, - o triste pensamento
Sorriu-me ali por um momento,
E eu disse: "Ó tu que das nocturnas plagas
"Vens, embora a cabeça nua tragas,
"Sem topete, não és ave medrosa,
"Dize os teus nomes senhoriais;
"Como te chamas tu na grande noite umbrosa?"
E o corvo disse: "Nunca mais".
Vendo que o pássaro entendia
A pergunta que eu lhe fazia,
Fico atônito, embora a resposta que dera
Dificilmente lha entendera.
Na verdade, jamais homem há visto
Coisa na terra semelhante a isto:
Uma ave negra, friamente posta
Num busto, acima dos portais,
Ouvir uma pergunta a dizer em resposta
Que este é seu nome: "Nunca mais".
No entanto, o corvo solitário
Não teve outro vocabulário.
Como se essa palavra escassa que ali disse
Toda sua alma resumisse,
Nenhuma outra proferiu, nenhuma.
Não chegou a mexer uma só pluma,
Até que eu murmurei: "Perdi outrora
"Tantos amigos tão leais!
"Perderei também este em regressando a aurora".
E o corvo disse: "Nunca mais!"
Estremeço. A resposta ouvida
É tão exata! é tão cabida!
"Certamente, digo eu, essa é toda a ciência
"Que ele trouxe da convivência
"De algum mestre infeliz e acabrunhado
"Que o implacável destino há castigado
"Tão tenaz, tão sem pausa, nem fadiga,
"Que dos seus cantos usuais
"Só lhe ficou, na amarga e última cantiga,
"Esse estribilho: "Nunca mais".
Segunda vez nesse momento
Sorriu-me o triste pensamento;
Vou sentar-me defronte ao corvo magro e rudo;
E, mergulhando no veludo
Da poltrona que eu mesmo ali trouxera,
Achar procuro a lúgubre quimera,
A alma, o sentido, o pávido segredo
Daquelas sílabas fatais,
Entender o que quis dizer a ave do medo
Grasnando a frase: "Nunca mais".
Assim posto, devaneando,
Meditando, conjecturando,
Não lhe falava mais; mas, se lhe não falava,
Sentia o olhar que me abrasava.
Conjecturando fui, tranquilo, a gosto,
Com a cabeça no macio encosto
Onde os raios da Lâmpada caíam,
Onde as tranças angelicais
De outra cabeça outrora ali se desparziam
E agora não se esparzem mais.
Supus então que o ar, mais denso,
Todo se enchia de um incenso,
Obra de serafins que, pelo chão roçando
Do quarto, estavam meneando
Um ligeiro turíbulo invisível:
E eu exclamei então: "Um Deus sensível
"Manda repouso à dor que te devora
"Destas saudades imortais.
"Eia, esquece, eia, olvida essa extinta Lenora".
E o corvo disse: "Nunca mais".
"Profeta, ou o que quer que sejas!
"Ave ou demónio que negrejas!
"Profeta sempre, escuta: Ou venhas tu do inferno
"Onde reside o mal eterno,
"Ou simplesmente náufrago escapado
"Venhas do temporal que te há lançado
"Nesta casa onde o Horror, o Horror profundo
"Tem os seus lares triunfais,
"Dize-me: existe acaso um bálsamo no mundo?"
E o corvo disse: "Nunca mais".
"Profeta, ou o que quer que sejas!
"Ave ou demónio que negrejas!
"Profeta sempre, escuta, atende, escuta, atende!
"Por esse céu que além se estende,
"Pelo Deus que ambos adoramos, fala,
"Dize a esta alma se é dado inda escutá-la
"No Éden celeste a virgem que ela chora
"Nestes retiros sepulcrais,
"Essa que ora nos céus anjos chamam Lenora!"
E o corvo disse: "Nunca mais!"
"Ave ou demónio que negrejas!
"Profeta, ou o que quer que sejas!
"Cessa, ai, cessa! (clamei, levantando-me) cessa!
"Regressando ao temporal, regressa
"À tua noite, deixa-me comigo...
"Vai-te, não fique no meu casto abrigo
"Pluma que lembre essa mentira tua.
"Tira-me ao peito essas fatais
"Garras que abrindo vão a minha dor já crua"
E o corvo disse: "Nunca mais".
E o corvo aí fica; ei-lo trepado
No branco mármore lavrado
Da antiga Palas; ei-lo imutável, ferrenho.
Parece, ao ver-lhe o duro cenho,
Um demónio sonhando. A luz caída
Do lampião sobre a ave aborrecida
No chão espraia a triste sombra; e fora
Daquelas linhas funerais
Que flutuam no chão, a minha alma que chora
Não sai mais, nunca, nunca mais.
(tradução de Machado de Assis)
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