Ali - Nando Reis

Ela entrou e eu estava ali

Ou será que fui eu que ali entrei

Sem sequer pedir

A menor licença?

Ela de batom caqui

Com os olhos olhava o que?

Eu não sei

Olhos de águas vindas

De outros oceanos

Ela me olhou — Quem?

Quem sabe com ela eu teria as tardes

Que sempre me passaram

Como imagens, como invenção!

Se eu não posso ter

Fico imaginando

Virá com ela que entrega

Virá, sim, assim virá que eu vi

Virá ou ela me espera

Virá, pois ela estava ali

Ela amou o que estava ali

Ou será que foi dela o que eu já amei

Como os laços fixam

Uma residência?

Ela: Alô!?

E eu não reagi

Com os olhos olhava o que eu lembrei

Quando andava indo

Em outra direção

Ela me olhou — Vem!

Quem sabe com ela

Eu veria as tardes

Que sempre me faltaram

Como miragens, como ilusão!

Se eu não posso ver

Fico imaginando

Virá com ela que entrega

Virá, sim, assim virá que eu vi

Virá ou ela me espera

Virá, pois ela estava ali

Ela andou e eu fiquei ali

Ou será que fui eu que dali mudei

Com uns passos mudos

De uma reticência?

Ela me olhou bem

Quem sabe com ela eu teria achado

O que sempre me faltava

Cores, colagens, sons, emoção!

Se eu não posso ser

Fico imaginando

Virá com ela que entrega

Virá, sim, assim virá que eu vi

Virá ou ela me espera

Virá, pois ela estava ali

She came in and I was there

Or was it me who entered there

without even asking

The smallest license?

She wears khaki lipstick

What was she looking at with her eyes?

I don't know

eyes of waters coming

From other oceans

She looked at me — Who?

Who knows, with her I would have the afternoons

That always passed me

Like images, like invention!

If I can't have

I keep wondering

Will come with her who delivers

It will come, yes, this is how it will come that I saw it

Will she come or will she wait for me

Will come, for she was there

She loved what was there

Or was it her that I once loved

How the ties fix

A residence?

Her: Hello!?

And I didn't react

With my eyes I looked at what I remembered

when I was going

In another direction

She looked at me — Come on!

who knows with her

I would see the afternoons

That I've always missed

Like mirages, like illusion!

If I can't see

I keep wondering

Will come with her who delivers

It will come, yes, this is how it will come that I saw it

Will she come or will she wait for me

Will come, for she was there

She walked and I stayed there

Or was it I who moved from there

with silent steps

From a reticence?

She looked at me well

Who knows with her I would have found

What I always lacked

Colors, collages, sounds, emotion!

If I can't be

I keep wondering

Will come with her who delivers

It will come, yes, this is how it will come that I saw it

Will she come or will she wait for me

Will come, for she was there