When She Speaks



She speaks

O, speak again, bright angel…!

Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
When she speaks, it’s as if

The breeze gets spooked.

Angels don’t dare to cough

When she speaks.
My broken heart throws

Its sorrows away, unbreaks,

And rediscovers joy

When she speaks.
I could forever kneel

By her side, lovesick,

Listening to her saintly soul

When she speaks.
My own soul, all but inanimate,

Will go to heaven, that’s a fact,

Because heaven opens its gates

When she speaks.



*



Quando Ella Falla




She speaks

O speak again, bright angel!

Shakespeare
Quando ella falla, parece

Que a voz da briza se cala;

Talvez um anjo emudece

Quando ella falla.
Meu coração dolorido

As suas mágoas exhala.

E volta ao gozo perdido

Quando ella falla.
Pudeste eu eternamente,

Ao lado d’ella, escutal-a,

Ouvir sua alma inocente

Quando ella falla.
Minh’alma, já semi-morta,

Conseguíra ao céu alçal-a,

Porque o céu abre uma porta

Quando ella falla.