Munnar

Munnar
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Portuguese Sea by Fernando António Nogueira de Seabra Pessoa

The sea turned suddenly very young and very old/Portuguese Chronicles
Originally uploaded by magic fly paula

Salt-laden sea, how much of all your salt
Is tears of Portugal!
For us to cross you, how many sons have kept
Vigil in vain, and mothers wept!
Lived as old maids how many brides-to-be
Till death, that you might be ours, sea!

Was it worth? It is worth while, all,
If the soul is not small.
Whoever means to sail beyond the Cape
Must double sorrow - no escape.
Peril and abyss has God to the sea given
And yet made it the mirror of heaven