Segue o teu destino*****************Follow your destiny, Rega as tuas plantas,****************Water your plants, Ama as tuas rosas.******************Love your roses. O resto é a sombra,*****************The rest is but a shadow De árvores alheias.******************Of other people's trees.
A realidade***********************Realitity Sempre é mais ou menos*************Is always more or less Do que nos queremos.***************What we really want. Só nós somos sempre***************Only we are always Iguais a nós-proprios.***************Equals of ourselves.
Suave é viver só.******************Softness is there when we simply just live. Grande e nobre é sempre************There is greatness and nobility always Viver simplesmente.****************In simply just living. Deixa a dor nas aras,***************Leave the pain behind, into holly hands Como ex-voto aos deuses.***********As an ex vote for the Gods
Vê de longe a vida.****************See life from afar. Nunca a interrogues.***************And never question it. Ela nada pode********************She cannot ever tell you anything. Dizer-te. A resposta,***************The answer is lying somehwhere Está além dos deuses..*************But it is beyong the Gods themselves.
Mas serenamente,*****************But, with tranquility Imita o Olimpo********************Mimic Olympus No teu coração.******************In your heart. Os deuses são deuses,*************Gods are Gods Porque não se pensam...************Because they do not think themselves....
Ricardo Reis, in "Odes" Heterónimo de Fernando Pessoa
God bless you...