Edips un Sfinksa
Eduīnu de Žezušs
Rēgs, kurš ar viļņojošām krēpēm savām,
šis naksnīgais, man drudžains pretim sliecas, —
un savās ķetnās cieši sakampt tiecas
man roku delmus līdz pat locītavām.
Nakts, kurā viss tik pamiris bezgala
un kurā dobji Ēnas soļi lokās
tik satraukti, un kura izpleš rokas
tā, it kā krusts tās izplestu šai malā.
Nakts, kura pasaulei liek drebēt šausmās:
vēl topošā, jau bijusī – ai, tas,
kas viņpus ēnas plīvura sen dveš!
Un kliedziens, uzvēdīdams tālas jausmas:
-Ak, Edip! Edip! – un šī Sfinksa, kas
šķiet iebilstamies: — Edips esmu es…
1951
Tradução na lingua Leta do poema ÉDIPO OU A ESFINGE de Eduíno de Jesus por Leons Briedis
ÉDIPO OU A ESFINGE
Fantasma de longuíssimos cabelos
a Noite,contorcendo em vãos convulsos
braços,que se prenderam pelos pulsos,
pelos pulsos até aos cotovelos.
Noite longa onde tudo é hirto e fixo,
excepto os cavos,infinitos passos
da Sombra inquieta que,se abriu os braços,
abriu os braços como um crucifixo.
Noite longa que o mundo atemoriza:
a futura e pretérita,e absoluta:
das sombras fátuas para além do véu.
Só um grito,no longe,ainda agoniza:
– Édipo! Édipo!– e a Esfinge,que não o escuta,
parece dizer: – Édipo sou eu…
1951
In: Os Silos do Silêncio,2005:131
Leon Briedis was born in Madona District in a family of country teachers. He attended Latvian State University in the 70’s. He is a poet, a novelist, an essayist, a literary critic and publicist, as well as translator of prose and poetry from Latin, Russian, English, Romance languages (Romanian, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Italian, Catalan, Rhaeto-Romanic), Suahili (of Bantu peoples), and Albanian. Leon Briedis is also a playwriter, script writer, and has written children’s poetry, prose as well as songs (in collaboration with R. Pauls texts), and has translated 10 plays which were staged at Latvian theatres.
In 1999 L. Briedis received the highest award of the Republic of Latvia: the “Three Stars” medal, Category IV. He has also been recognized by other countries, and some awards include among others, the Order of Merit -Ordem do Merito Comendador- from Portugal (2003), and he is an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences of Latvia since 2007.
Créditos e legenda: Fotos de LNunes: a) com os poetas e artistas Art Coelho (Montana,USA) e Semy Braga (Santa Catarina, Brasil) no Encontro:Escritas Dispersas – Convergência de Afectos em Ponta Delgada,Açores,out.2009; b) com Semy Braga em Lisboa reverenciando Fernando Pessoa,2009
