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That fella Camoes must have been quite a guy, and his poem must be something. I'll try to find it in english. |
July 03, 2011 10:19AM
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[en.wikipedia.org] He was THE poet. He wrote an epic based on the history of Portugal in an Homeric fashion, his most famous work, but he left many poems and much more were lost. He was an adventurer, most his work was written at Africa, India, Macau and so on. There are written evidence that he loved women of the various ethnic background encountered there. Imagine doing all that traveling back in the XVI century! If you are willing to read something from him, take the lyric poems, much lighter (and thiner) than "the Lusiads", this is if you are into poetry... To impress women is usually very effective. Don't know if there are English translations, or how good those are... Problem in translating poetry is the rhythm and rimes are changed, and often ruin the whole thing. Regards, JP |