NOITE EXAUSTA

(Foto by Darek Marcinkowski)

Morde o vento da noite
uma queixa abafada
pelas folhas. No pó
caem gotas pesadas.


Nos rostos muros brotam
musgos e samambaias.
Anciãos silenciosos
se agacham nos umbrais.


Mãos retorcidas pousam
sobre os joelhos duros,
entregues ao descanso
enquanto vão murchando.


Enormes gralhas voam
por sobre o cemitério.
Samambaias e musgos
nos rasos morros medram.



Hermann Hesse
In: Andares Antologia Poética
Tradução: Geir Campos

Photographer’s Note
Old Cemetery in Ogrodowa St.
Catholic, Evangelical and Orthodox. The elaborate tombs embraced by a splendor of trees and shrubs reflect the lives that were lived in ‘the Promised Land’. Many prominent factory owners were laid to rest here: the Biedermans, Grohmans, Geyers, Kindermanns, Scheiblers, as well as scientists, actors, artists, national heroes and priests.