o martelo the hammer [1]

o martelo

o papa quando morre
leva uma
marteladinha
na testa eu nunca
martelei
ninguém
nem papa nem príncipe nem rei
quando a procissão
tem que seguir
o capataz dá três
marteladas
no andor e os
costaleiros seguem
martelo
é um decassílabo heroico
com tônicas nas posições
três seis e dez quando
o atleta termina o
molinete três voltinhas
em torno de si mesmo
pode lançar o
martelo
que pesa sete kilos
duzentos e sessenta gramas
marx nunca falou sobre
martelo
algum quem já viu
escola de pensamento tersímbolo qual seria o símbolo
da escola de frankfurt se
adorno tivesse escolhido um?
quando thor bate seu
martelo
é sinal de chuva e trovão
mas é a flor do mandacaru
que anuncia chuva no
sertão para o tubarão-martelo o
martelo
funciona como uma asa
estabilizando seus
movimentos além disso
o ritual de acasalamento
dos tubarões-martelo
é muito violento
na bandeira da albânia
comunista substituíram o
martelo
por um fuzil o
martelo
é um objeto ótimo
que serve pra dormir bem
ou pregar pregos.
 

the hammer [1]

whenever the pope dies
he gets
a little blow with a hammer
on his forehead i never
hammered
anyone
not a pope or a prince or a king
whenever the procession
has to go on
the overseer hits
the hammer
three times
on the stand
and the followers follow
hammer
is a heroic decasyllable
with tonics on the positions
three six and ten when
the athlete finishes the
rotation three spins
over his own axis
he can release
the hammer
weighing seven kilos
two hundred and seventy grams
marx never said anything about any
hammer
has anyone ever seen
any school of thought having
a symbol what would the symbol
of the frankfurt school be had
adorno picked one?
when thor strikes his
hammer
it signals rain and thunder
but it’s the flower of the mandacaru
that announces rain in
the sertão for the hammerhead shark the
hammer
works as a wing
stabilising his
movements and also
the mating ritual
of hammerhead sharks
is incredibly violent
in communist
albania they replaced the
hammer
with a rifle the
hammer
is an optimal object
for good sleeping
or hitting nails on the head.
 

the hammer

whenever the pope dies
he gets
a little blow with a hammer
on his forehead I never
hammered
anyone
not a pope or a prince or a king
whenever the procession
has to go on
the overseer hits the hammer
three times
on the stand
and the followers follow
hammer
is a heroic decasyllable
with tonics on the positions
three six and ten when
the athlete finishes the
rotation three spins
over his own axis
he can release
the hammer weighing seven kilos
two hundred and seventy grams
marx never said anything about any
hammer
has anyone ever seen
any school of though having
a symbol what would be the symbol
of the frankfurt school had
adorno picked one?
when thor strikes his
hammer
it signals rain and thunder
but it’s the flower of the mandacaru
that announces rain in
the sertão for the hammerhead shark the
hammer
works as a wing
stabilizing his
movements and also
the mating ritual
of hammerhead sharks
is incredibly violent
in communist
albania they replaced the
hammer
with a rifle the
hammer
is an optimal object
for good sleeping
or hitting nails on the head.
 

Original Poem by

Adelaide Ivánova

Translated by

Francisco Vilhena with Rachel Long Language

Portuguese

Country

Brazil