Lightness

Weightless is a bird:
and its flying shadow,
lighter.

And the aerial waterfall
of its throat,
lighter.

And the evocation from listening
to its drifting song,
lighter.

And the swift desire
of that ancient moment,
lighter.

And the invisible escape
from fleeting bitterness,
lighter.

Original poem: 'Leveza', by Cecília Meireles

In: 'Mar absoluto', 1945