Original: São ilhas afortunadas,
São terras sem ter lugar
• Poem "As Ilhas Afortunadas", verses 11-12
São terras sem ter lugar
• Poem "As Ilhas Afortunadas", verses 11-12
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These are Fortunate Islands,
These are lands without a place
— Fernando Pessoa
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "These are Fortunate Islands,
These are lands without a place" in the context of "Original: São ilhas afortunadas,
São terras sem ter lugar
• Poem "As Ilhas Afortunadas", verses 11-12" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Fernando Pessoa" (Quotes, Message: Introduction: "Message" ("Mensagem") is Pessoa's best known book. It is a small book, with 44 poems describing the Portuguese coat of arms symbolically, and the only published (1934) in his life, excepting for two self-published books of poems in English under the youth pseudonym of Alexander Search. It glorifies the symbolic value of Discoverers, pities Portugal's sorry state and exhorts to a new, spiritual revolution, within the ideas of Sebastianism and the Fifth Empire. To the portuguese, the best known poem is Mar Português (Portuguese Sea). The complete work is easily found on the Web. The present portuguese text was taken from Assírio & Alvim BAI (2007), which agrees with other editions using contemporary spelling.)
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About Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa (13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet and writer, most of whose work was published posthumously. He wrote frequently under heteronyms, alter egos with developed personalities, biographies, jobs, habits, attitudes, addresses, etc., who sometimes quoted and interacted with each other and other people.
About Fernando Pessoa
Fernando Pessoa (13 June 1888 – 30 November 1935) was a Portuguese poet and writer, most of whose work was published posthumously. He wrote frequently under heteronyms, alter egos with developed personalities, biographies, jobs, habits, attitudes, addresses, etc., who sometimes quoted and interacted with each other and other people.
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