Alberto Caeiro
The following is taken from a poem by Alberto Caeiro:
The astonishing reality of things
Is my everyday discovery.
Each thing is what it is,
And it's hard to explain to anyone how much that makes me happy,
And how much that is enough for me.
Basta existir para se ser completo.It is enough to exist to be complete.
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The Plus version of this story
A espantosa realidade das coisasÉ a minha descoberta de todos os dias.Cada coisa é o que é,E é difícil explicar a alguém quanto isso me alegra,E quanto isso me basta.Basta existir para se ser completo.The astonishing reality of thingsIs my everyday discovery.Each thing is what it is,And it's hard to explain to anyone how much that makes me happy,And how much that is enough for me.It is enough to exist to be complete.
💬 Today's vocabulary
🤯 Espantosa [femin. adjective]: Astonishing 👓 Realidade [femin. noun]: Reality🔍 Descoberta [femin. noun]: Discovery🧑🤝🧑 Cada: Each🗣️ Explicar: To explain🧍 Alguém: Someone🫰 Quanto: How much😄 Alegrar: To gladden, to cheer (up)✅ Bastar: To be enough👶 Existir: To exist
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