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Η Πορτογαλική ψυχή is the Greek edition of Viver a Alma Lusa, a collection of poems by Martim Castro de Noronha and translated by Aristea-Effrosyni Sapera.
The poems explore love, memory, loss, belonging, and saudade, the longing for someone or something absent that carries love and sorrow together. Portuguese poets have written about saudade for centuries, and it runs through fado, one of the country's best-known musical traditions. Greek readers may recognize a close relative in nostalgia, a word formed from two Greek roots: nóstos, meaning homecoming, and álgos, meaning pain. The two feelings share much of the same ache, although saudade can also hold warmth and comfort in the act of remembering.
The poems return to experiences most readers will recognize. Missing someone. Remembering a place or a moment that time has changed. Being alone and learning to live with loss. Finding the strength to move forward, and the hope that slowly returns.
The sea, mountains, storms, and changing seasons appear throughout the collection, often reflecting the emotions of the poems and grounding them in the Portuguese landscape. For Greek readers, much of this may feel familiar. Both countries have deep connections to the sea, and both have long histories of departure, separation, and homecoming.
Anyone who has loved and lost will recognize something of themselves in these pages. It is a book about what we remember, what we miss, and what we continue to carry with us.
The poems explore love, memory, loss, belonging, and saudade, the longing for someone or something absent that carries love and sorrow together. Portuguese poets have written about saudade for centuries, and it runs through fado, one of the country's best-known musical traditions. Greek readers may recognize a close relative in nostalgia, a word formed from two Greek roots: nóstos, meaning homecoming, and álgos, meaning pain. The two feelings share much of the same ache, although saudade can also hold warmth and comfort in the act of remembering.
The poems return to experiences most readers will recognize. Missing someone. Remembering a place or a moment that time has changed. Being alone and learning to live with loss. Finding the strength to move forward, and the hope that slowly returns.
The sea, mountains, storms, and changing seasons appear throughout the collection, often reflecting the emotions of the poems and grounding them in the Portuguese landscape. For Greek readers, much of this may feel familiar. Both countries have deep connections to the sea, and both have long histories of departure, separation, and homecoming.
Anyone who has loved and lost will recognize something of themselves in these pages. It is a book about what we remember, what we miss, and what we continue to carry with us.